I need help on how to randomize the last 10 rows of MySql records.
$mysqld = mysql_query(select * from table where amount > amount2 and code = '$code' order by time DESC limit 1);
From the statement above I need to randomize the last 10 rows ordered by time but limited only 1 to display.
EDIT: In other words, I need to have the table ordered by time and then I need to focus on the last 10 rows. From these last 10 rows, I need to pick one and it must be random, which one I get.
Is this possible?
Thanks
Assuming that time
is the time when record was inserted, this will get you the latest 10 rows from the table:
SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `amount` > `amount2` AND `code` = '$code'
ORDER BY `time` DESC LIMIT 10
Now, you can use the result as a temporary table, sort it randomly (as it's only 10 rows) and return one row:
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `amount` > `amount2` AND `code` = '$code'
ORDER BY `time` DESC LIMIT 10
) AS temptable
ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 1
Try....
SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM yerTable ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10) AS tmp ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1
Obviously replace id with any other distinct column if preferred.