[ic] Abbreviated random search

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 08/30/2010 10:58 PM, Tom Friedel wrote:
> I inherited many instances of something like this
> [loop search="
> fi=products/st=db/co=1/sf=prod_group/se=Parts/op=rm/nu=0/ml=1 "]
> and want to do a Mysql search with 'order by rand()' and 'order by
> rand(seed)'
> I tried /tf/rand() with no luck.
> The code actually looks like
> [loop random="[control matches 100]" serch=...
> and I am not sure what the random= does if anything because it is not
> documented with loop tag.

random=yes sorts the results randomly.
random=20 picks out 20 random records out of the result set.

> Is there anyway I can keep the structure of this code and use the mysql
> 'order by rand(seed) functionality?

You could transform [loop] statements into [query] statements.
With prefix=loop you avoid changes in the body of the [loop].

Regards
	Racke


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