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Old 10-22-2009, 11:45 AM
 
BritSteve BritSteve is offline
 

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Default Re: Optimize mysql query

Order by rand() is notorious for being slow on large tables.

http://www.webtrenches.com/post.cfm/avoid-rand-in-mysql
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