MySQL: Getting a random roll of the dice

CREATE TABLE dice (
d_id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
roll int,
PRIMARY KEY (d_id)
);

insert into dice (roll) values (1);
insert into dice (roll) values (2);
insert into dice (roll) values (3);
insert into dice (roll) values (4);
insert into dice (roll) values (5);
insert into dice (roll) values (6);


select roll from dice order by rand() limit 1;


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Mike Chirico (mchirico@users.sourceforge.net) Copyright (c) 2004 (GPU Free Documentation License) Last Updated: Tue Jul 20 12:14:51 EDT 2004