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Asked: 2026-06-04T18:36:33+00:00

My question is pretty straightforward, how do I select 9 random records and one

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My question is pretty straightforward, how do I select 9 random records and one defined record in the same SQL statement? All I can think of so far is this, which only returns the one partner record (the defined one) but not the other 9 random ones.

$sql2 = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE filename = '$partn' AND filename != '$x' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 10";

To elaborate, I need ten records to be returned, none of then should be ‘$x’, one of them should be ‘$partn’ and then 9 other random ones, they all need to be displayed in a random order.

Any help would be appreciated!:)

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  1. Editorial Team
    (SELECT * FROM table WHERE file='$x')
UNION ALL
(SELECT * FROM table WHERE file<>'$x' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 9)
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