Comments on: Randomize Result Orders in T-SQL and LINQ to SQL

By: Rabbit

Rabbit — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:53:32 +0000

I’ve found this solution in a bunch of places. For some reason, I can’t figure out how to write the function in vb.net

[Function(Name = "NEWID", IsComposable = true)]
public Guid Random()
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}

Me — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:15:10 +0000

You can also do something like this:

Random n = new Random();

var results = t.MyTable
.Select(c => new { c.Column1, c.Column2 }).AsEnumerable()
.Select(c => new { c.Column1, c.Column2, Order = n.Next(100) });

foreach (var item in results.OrderBy(c => c.Order))
{
…
}