从 Mysql 表中随机读取数据不难，方法还挺多的，但是如果要考虑效率，得到一个快速的高效率的方法，那就不是一件简单的事情了（至少对我来说不简单）。
语句简单，速度慢的方法
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 5;
语句复杂，速度快的方法
SELECT * FROM table_name AS r1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * (SELECT MAX(id) FROM table_name)) AS id) AS r2 WHERE r1.id >= r2.id ORDER BY r1.id ASC LIMIT 5;
cjc注: ... AS id) AS t2 这里的 id, 也许该换成id2, 后面 WHERE t1.id >= t2.id 改成 WHERE t1.id >= t2.id2
摘自: http://www.dayanmei.com/blog.php/ID_203.htm
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Discuz中，随机读取论坛的几个连续主题:
PHP里调用:
$s = "SELECT tid, fid, subject FROM {$tablepre}threads AS r1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND()*(SELECT MAX(tid) FROM {$tablepre}threads)) AS id) AS r2 WHERE (fid=13) and (r1.tid >= r2.id) ORDER BY r1.tid LIMIT 6";
$query = $db->query($s);
phpMyAdmin 中测试语句:
SELECT tid, fid, subject FROM cdb_threads AS r1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND()*(SELECT MAX(tid) FROM cdb_threads)) AS id) AS r2 WHERE (fid=13) and (r1.tid >= r2.id) ORDER BY r1.tid LIMIT 6
注意: 不可删除 order by r1.tid, 否则总会固定出现最初的2行数据
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另一文章里使用了MIN()的版本:
通用语句:
SELECT *
FROM `table` AS t1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * ((SELECT MAX(id) FROM `table`)-(SELECT MIN(id) FROM `table`))+(SELECT MIN(id) FROM `table`)) AS id) AS t2
WHERE t1.id >= t2.id
ORDER BY t1.id LIMIT 1;
cjc注: ... AS id) AS t2 这里的 id, 也许该换成id2, 后面 WHERE t1.id >= t2.id 改成 WHERE t1.id >= t2.id2
Discuz 语句:
SELECT tid, fid,subject
FROM `cdb_threads` AS t1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * ((SELECT MAX(tid) FROM `cdb_threads`)-(SELECT MIN(tid) FROM `cdb_threads`))+(SELECT MIN(tid) FROM `cdb_threads`)) AS id) AS t2
WHERE t1.tid >= t2.id and fid=13 ORDER BY t1.tid LIMIT 5;
or
$s = "SELECT * FROM {$tablepre}threads AS t1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * ((SELECT MAX(tid) FROM {$tablepre}threads)-(SELECT MIN(tid) FROM {$tablepre}threads))+(SELECT MIN(tid) FROM {$tablepre}threads)) AS id) AS t2 WHERE (t1.tid >= t2.id) and (fid=13) ORDER BY t1.tid LIMIT 6";
$query = $db->query($s);
cjc注: MIN(tid) 得到的通常是1, 所以加上MIN()的计算，不一定有必要.
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原文网址: http://jnote.cn/blog/mysql/mysql-rand-efficiency.html
mysql使用rand随机查询记录效率测试 - 八月 8, 2007 | Posted by 老蒋
一直以为mysql随机查询几条数据，就用
SELECT * FROM `table` ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 5
就可以了。
但是真正测试一下才发现这样效率非常低。一个15万余条的库，查询5条数据，居然要8秒以上
查看官方手册，也说rand()放在ORDER BY 子句中会被执行多次，自然效率及很低。
You cannot use a column with RAND() values in an ORDER BY clause, because ORDER BY would evaluate the column multiple times.
搜索Google，网上基本上都是查询max(id) * rand()来随机获取数据。
SELECT *
FROM `table` AS t1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * (SELECT MAX(id) FROM `table`)) AS id) AS t2
WHERE t1.id >= t2.id
ORDER BY t1.id ASC LIMIT 5;
但是这样会产生连续的5条记录。解决办法只能是每次查询一条，查询5次。即便如此也值得，因为15万条的表，查询只需要0.01秒不到。
上面的语句采用的是JOIN，mysql的论坛上有人使用
SELECT *
FROM `table`
WHERE id >= (SELECT FLOOR( MAX(id) * RAND()) FROM `table` )
ORDER BY id LIMIT 1;
我测试了一下，需要0.5秒，速度也不错，但是跟上面的语句还是有很大差距。总觉有什么地方不正常。
于是我把语句改写了一下。
SELECT * FROM `table`
WHERE id >= (SELECT floor(RAND() * (SELECT MAX(id) FROM `table`)))
ORDER BY id LIMIT 1;
这下，效率又提高了，查询时间只有0.01秒
最后，再把语句完善一下，加上MIN(id)的判断。我在最开始测试的时候，就是因为没有加上MIN(id)的判断，结果有一半的时间总是查询到表中的前面几行。
完整查询语句是：
SELECT * FROM `table`
WHERE id >= (SELECT floor( RAND() * ((SELECT MAX(id) FROM `table`)-(SELECT MIN(id) FROM `table`)) + (SELECT MIN(id) FROM `table`)))
ORDER BY id LIMIT 1;
SELECT *
FROM `table` AS t1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * ((SELECT MAX(id) FROM `table`)-(SELECT MIN(id) FROM `table`))+(SELECT MIN(id) FROM `table`)) AS id) AS t2
WHERE t1.id >= t2.id
ORDER BY t1.id LIMIT 1;
最后在php中对这两个语句进行分别查询10次，
前者花费时间 0.147433 秒
后者花费时间 0.015130 秒
看来采用JOIN的语法比直接在WHERE中使用函数效率还要高很多。
此方法limit如果大于1,返回的结果会是连续的记录。
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