Home Forums Article Discussions Article Discussions by Author Discuss Content Posted by Andy Warren Getting Random Results RE: Getting Random Results

  • August 23, 2007 at 8:36 am

    #728967

    Using "ORDER BY CHECKSUM(NEWID())" rather than "ORDER BY NEWID()" apparently produces values with a better random distribution.

    Ryan Randall

    Solutions are easy. Understanding the problem, now, that's the hard part.