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Returning N Random Records From A Table

This document discusses how to return a random sample of records from a database table using built-in Oracle functions. It shows using DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE to randomly order records, then selecting the top few based on ROWNUM to limit the results to a random sample of rows.

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Returning N Random Records From A Table

This document discusses how to return a random sample of records from a database table using built-in Oracle functions. It shows using DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE to randomly order records, then selecting the top few based on ROWNUM to limit the results to a random sample of rows.

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Returning n Random Records from a Table

Use the built-in function VALUE, found in the built-in package DBMS_RANDOM, in conjunction
with ORDER BY and the built-in function ROWNUM:

1 select *
2 from (
3 select ename, job
4 from emp
6 order by dbms_random.value()
7 )
8 where rownum <= 5

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