SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table; -- Use this to determine rand_low and rand_high

​

  SELECT *

    FROM table

   WHERE frozen_rand BETWEEN %(rand_low)s AND %(rand_high)s

ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1000

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 10000

SELECT * FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail

WHERE 0.01 >= RAND()

SELECT * FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail

WHERE 0.01 >= CAST(CHECKSUM(NEWID(), SalesOrderID) & 0x7fffffff AS float) / CAST (0x7fffffff AS int)

select *

from table_name

where _id in (4, 1, 2, 5, 3)

SELECT TOP 5 Id, Name FROM customerNames

ORDER BY NEWID()

select id, name

from customer

order by random()

limit 5;