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How to select N random records from a MySQL table

If you want to select N random records from a MySQL table, you need to change the clause as follows:

select * from tableName order by rand() limit N

For example, to select 5 random customers in the customers table, you use the following query:

select * from customers order by rand() limit 5

Some MySQL tools you can try: https://www.withdata.com/mysql/

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