Comments on: Random Products on Front Page

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:24:00 +0000

Change the SQL code in the new_products module, to look for products from X category rather than new_products_category_id

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:21:25 +0000

Hi Angela – yes, it can cause issues for larger databases. Instead of a simple 'rand()' you could try 'and rand()>0.9 order by rand()'

A simple rand(), if that is not quick enough, then you would need to optimise all parts of your osCommerce shop anyway.

By: angela

angela — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:28:45 +0000

Gary, the mysql-based rand() command is rather slow (for large databases), is it not?
I encountered this on a site I was working on for a friend: http://wanderr.com/jay/order-by-slow/2008/01/30/ – I used the join command, instead.

By: Alain

Alain — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:24:10 +0000

Hello,
regarding that, is it possible that products of only one category that I will choose will appear on the front page.
thank you.

By: Alain

Alain — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:37:15 +0000

I found it.
Thanks.