Codepolice.net » ms sql http://codepolice.net C#, ASP.NET, MVC, LINQ, Wordpress and stuff like that Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:58:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Return random rows from a MS SQL database http://codepolice.net/2009/11/17/return-random-rows-from-a-ms-sql-database/ http://codepolice.net/2009/11/17/return-random-rows-from-a-ms-sql-database/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:13:36 +0000 Ola http://codepolice.net/?p=194 I always forget this command:

SELECT * FROM YourTable TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM (10 PERCENT)

This gives you some sample data from your database. In this case 10 percent of the content.  You could also use TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM (1000 ROWS) to get 1000 sample rows. Great to use if you have a big database and do not want the same data again and again when you debug or something.

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