How do I select a random record efficiently in MySQL?
- by user198729
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM urls ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1;
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+---------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+---------------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | urls | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 62228 | Using temporary; Using filesort |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+---------------------------------+
The above doesn't qualify as efficient,how should I do it properly?
