SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 5;

  rand在手册里是这么说的:   RAND()   RAND(N)   返回在范围0到1.0内的随机浮点值。如果一个整数参数N被指定,它被用作种子值。

mysql> select RAND(); -> 0.5925 mysql> select RAND(20); -> 0.1811 mysql> select RAND(20); -> 0.1811 mysql> select RAND(); -> 0.2079 mysql> select RAND(); -> 0.7888   你不能在一个ORDER BY子句用RAND()值使用列,因为ORDER BY将重复计算列多次。然而在MySQL3.23中,你可以做: SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY RAND(),这是有利于得到一个来自SELECT * FROM table1,table2 WHERE a=b AND cSELECT * FROM table_name AS r1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * (SELECT MAX(id) FROM table_name)) AS id) AS r2 WHERE r1.id >= r2.id ORDER BY r1.id ASC LIMIT 5;   执行效率需要0.02 sec.可惜的是,只有mysql 4.1.*以上才支持这样的子查询.