Random row from Linq to Sql

Question

What is the best (and fastest) way to retrieve a random row using Linq to SQL when I have a condition, e.g. some field must be true?

Answer 1

i use this method for take random news and its work fine ;)

    public string LoadRandomNews(int maxNews)
    {
        string temp = "";

        using (var db = new DataClassesDataContext())
        {
            var newsCount = (from p in db.Tbl_DynamicContents
                             where p.TimeFoPublish.Value.Date <= DateTime.Now
                             select p).Count();
            int i;
            if (newsCount < maxNews)
                i = newsCount;
            else i = maxNews;
            var r = new Random();
            var lastNumber = new List();
            for (; i > 0; i--)
            {
                int currentNumber = r.Next(0, newsCount);
                if (!lastNumber.Contains(currentNumber))
                { lastNumber.Add(currentNumber); }
                else
                {
                    while (true)
                    {
                        currentNumber = r.Next(0, newsCount);
                        if (!lastNumber.Contains(currentNumber))
                        {
                            lastNumber.Add(currentNumber);
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (currentNumber == newsCount)
                    currentNumber--;
                var news = (from p in db.Tbl_DynamicContents
                            orderby p.ID descending
                            where p.TimeFoPublish.Value.Date <= DateTime.Now
                            select p).Skip(currentNumber).Take(1).Single();
                temp +=
                    string.Format("
" +
                                  "{1}
",
                                  news.ID, news.Title);
            }
        }
        return temp;
    }