[mso] Re: Random in Access or Excel
- From: "Colli, Anthony G" <Anthony.Colli@xxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:37:43 -0400
/g
In Access you can use Format(Rnd(IsNull([ID])*0+1)*100,0) in a query where [ID]
is the 1-50 number, then sort on it. BUT beware since the result is a random
number, there could be two or more of the same random numbers in any query.
In Access Rnd() is the random function.
-Anthony
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenda Wells [ mailto:gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:43 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SPAM?:###] [mso] Random in Access or Excel
Hi.
I have a list of numbers, 1-50, in a table of two columns. The number is the
unique value for text in a memo field. The memo field is in a report that's
printed for distribution. I'd like to randomly sort the numbers from time to
time so the text in a report changes from time to time. The idea is to have a
random selection of text every time the report is printed. Currently, I
regenerate my list of numbers using random.org and re-do my table with the new
list which gets the job done, but isn't very elegant and probably not using
Access properly. Any advice appreciated.
Still looking for a clue in (waaaay tooo) sunny Florida. /g
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