public function Select::orderRandom in Drupal driver for SQL Server and SQL Azure 8.2

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 drivers/lib/Drupal/Driver/Database/sqlsrv/Select.php \Drupal\Driver\Database\sqlsrv\Select::orderRandom()
2. 3.0.x drivers/lib/Drupal/Driver/Database/sqlsrv/Select.php \Drupal\Driver\Database\sqlsrv\Select::orderRandom()

Override of SelectQuery::orderRandom() for SQL Server.

It seems that sorting by RAND() doesn't actually work, this is a less then elegant workaround.

@status tested

Overrides Select::orderRandom

File

drivers/lib/Drupal/Driver/Database/sqlsrv/Select.php, line 402

Definition of Drupal\Driver\Database\sqlsrv\Select

Class

Select

Namespace

Drupal\Driver\Database\sqlsrv

Code

public function orderRandom() {
  $alias = $this
    ->addExpression('NEWID()', 'random_field');
  $this
    ->orderBy($alias);
  return $this;
}