codeactual/sqlite_random_sample.sql

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Efficient way to do random sampling in SQLite.

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sqlite_random_sample.sql

	SELECT * FROM table
	WHERE _ROWID_ >= (abs(random()) % (SELECT max(_ROWID_) FROM table))
	LIMIT 1

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