Re: Random sort is not random at all.....
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texte = I did similar testing using a search in a [loop] set to go 1000 times. Same kind of results as Joseph D'Andrea and John Hill.But right now the thing that is bothering me even more than the lack of real randomness across 1000 searches is that when the template is set to display only the one (max=1) found record in a single search, then it ALWAYS displays one of 2 or 3 records. In other words the random search may be sort of random when it is inside a [loop] to be repeated many times, but when it is not set to me repeated more than once, then I always get the same 2 records. If I set the [loop] to go 20 times then I see it starts to find other records (though they are weighted less), but if I force reload the very same code 20 times - but which is not in that [loop] - it NEVER finds any records other than the 2 or 3. Weird.-John ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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I did similar testing using a search in a [loop] set to go 1000 times. Same kind of results as Joseph D'Andrea and John Hill.But right now the thing that is bothering me even more than the lack of real randomness across 1000 searches is that when the template is set to display only the one (max=1) found record in a single search, then it ALWAYS displays one of 2 or 3 records. In other words the random search may be sort of random when it is inside a [loop] to be repeated many times, but when it is not set to me repeated more than once, then I always get the same 2 records. If I set the [loop] to go 20 times then I see it starts to find other records (though they are weighted less), but if I force reload the very same code 20 times - but which is not in that [loop] - it NEVER finds any records other than the 2 or 3. Weird.-John ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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