Randomize not functioning as expected

Mark,

It seems to me randomize does not work as expected with Ditto 2.0 final.
I have a simple call that should give one random item in a folder:

  [!Ditto? &parents=`42` &randomize=`1` &summarize=`1` &tpl=`aTpl` !]

What I see is that it first fetches one item and then randomize the result so that I aways get the same.
I tried to increase the number of items retrieved and indeed it first retrieves n most recent items using datecareated and then randomize the order of those resulting items.

What I would expect is to get a random item amongst those available. It seems to me it was working that way with previous ditto.

Ok, it should be fixed in SVN. You can try out a copy from here: http://www.modxcms.com/ditto_download.html
Let me know if it fixes the issue for you.

The new version does fix the problem.
Thanks

Somhow it does not work for me, I downloaded from the link above.

this is my call


it shows the same item each time, its the last document made.

dimmy

Dimmy, did you update all of the files as well?

I just downloaded the latest head as well, and find it to not be working properly. WIth the following call:

I always get the same result.


Interestingly, in sleuthing to see if the randomize parameter was flipped, with the following call:

I get ALL the results (limit parameter ignored completely).

Something strange is afoot at the Circle K...

You can’t use &limit with &randomize because &limit will only retrieve one row while randomize needs all of the rows to randomly select one.

Well, I’ll be darned... You can sortBy rand() in mySQL. Stay tuned for an update that uses this instead...

Ok, done in SVN.

[NEW] &randomize now uses mySQL’s RAND() function for faster parsing and LIMIT support

Bingo ... works perfectly now Mark

Now you can use Ditto for a simple ad management system ...