mysql>
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE titles (
-> titleID int(11),
-> title varchar(100),
-> subtitle varchar(100),
-> edition tinyint(4),
-> publID int(11),
-> catID int(11),
-> langID int(11),
-> year int(11),
-> isbn varchar(20),
-> comment varchar(255),
-> ts timestamp,
-> authors varchar(255),
-> PRIMARY KEY (titleID)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO titles VALUES (1,'Linux','Installation',5,1,57,2,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:21','Michael'),
-> (2,'Excel',NULL,NULL,2,3,NULL,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','David'),
-> (3,'XML',NULL,NULL,1,2,NULL,1997,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Edwards'),
-> (4,'PHP',NULL,NULL,3,6,NULL,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Tom'),
-> (5,'MySQL','',0,3,34,NULL,2000,'','','2005-02-28 13:34:22','Paul'),
-> (6,'Java',NULL,NULL,4,34,NULL,1999,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Tim');
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 6 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> ALTER TABLE titles ADD random DOUBLE;
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 6 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql>
mysql> ALTER TABLE titles ADD INDEX (random);
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 6 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql>
mysql> UPDATE titles SET random = RAND();
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 6 Changed: 6 Warnings: 0
mysql>
mysql> SELECT titleID, title FROM titles
-> WHERE random > RAND() ORDER BY random LIMIT 1;
+---------+-------+
| titleID | title |
+---------+-------+
| 6 | Java |
+---------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop table titles;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)