See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=208855
Possible, not quite as easy as it ought to be.
Copy and paste this little function into a module; save the module as
basRandom (anything except RndNum, you can't use the same name twice);
Public Function RndNum(vIgnore as Variant) As Double
Static bRnd As Boolean
If Not bRnd Then
Randomize
bRnd = False
End If
RndNum = Rnd()
End Function
Then include a calculated field in the Query by typing:
Shuffle: RndNum([somefield])
where "somefield" is any numeric field in your table - this just forces Access
to give you a new random number for every row. If you don't have a numeric
field available then you can use RndNum(Len([SomeField])) to force a number to
be generated.
Sort by this field and it will shuffle your data into random order.
Source: John Vinson
John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2009
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Ljudmil wrote:
Hi,
I have a query which gives me 10 random records.
SELECT TOP 10 Basis_.t, Basis_.r, Basis_.Basis_code
FROM Basis_
ORDER BY Rnd(Basis_code);
Basis_code is an Auto Number field.
It works fine but when I open the database and run the query I always get
the same “10 random records”. What should I do to get different 10 random
records when I open the database?
Thanks in advance!
Ljudmil