Lets say I have a 1000 rows in my table. I want to select

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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T05:13:15+00:00 2026-06-10T05:13:15+00:00

Lets say I have a 1000 rows in my table.

I want to select 10 of those at random.

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 10

Then I want to select the row in that result with the highest value for number

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY number DESC LIMIT 1

Can anyone help me come up with an efficient way of doing this?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-10T05:13:17+00:00

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Just use a subquery:

SELECT *
FROM (
    SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 10
)
ORDER BY number DESC LIMIT 1

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