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How to get records randomly from the Oracle database?


I need to select rows randomly from an Oracle DB.

Ex: Assume a table with 100 rows, how I can randomly return 20 of those records from the entire 100 rows.


Solution

  • SELECT *
    FROM   (
        SELECT *
        FROM   table
        ORDER BY DBMS_RANDOM.RANDOM)
    WHERE  rownum < 21;