From: | will trillich <will(at)serensoft(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: performance of ORDER BY random() |
Date: | 2001-03-28 23:08:55 |
Message-ID: | 20010328170855.D16380@mail.serensoft.com |
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 02:09:57PM -0800, culley harrelson wrote:
> Does anyone have any input on the performance of ORDER BY random() ? I
> have been developing using this feature and it would be good to know
> what to expect when my tables increase in size :)
noe thing to try would be to create a tinker-toy database and
populate it with a few hundred thousand records. then see what
you get when you
...order by random()...
then /you/ can tell /us/ what the results are.
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