Display Random Record

Morning all
Just a quick one.
How do I display a random record in DW?
I have a MySQL statement which is:
SELECT * FROM
tablename ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0,
number of records to display
The error message I get is:
'Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression RAND()
LIMIT 0'
If I alter 'RAND()' to 'RND()', I still get the error. If I
remove the '0' I still get the error.
Any ideas how to make this work?
I'm using Access BTW.
Regards
Martin

Tell your SQL statement what to RAND - right now it doesn't
know how to
randomize it, by what field.
"Pantyboy" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ef0and$r7g$[email protected]..
> Morning all
>
> Just a quick one.
>
> How do I display a random record in DW?
>
> I have a MySQL statement which is:
>
> SELECT * FROM
tablename ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0,
number of
> records to
> display
>
> The error message I get is:
>
> 'Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression
RAND() LIMIT 0'
>
> If I alter 'RAND()' to 'RND()', I still get the error.
If I remove the '0'
> I
> still get the error.
>
> Any ideas how to make this work?
>
> I'm using Access BTW.
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
>

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