linq select a random row

Question

I have a table called Quotes in linq-to-sql that contains 2 columns: author and quote. How do you select both columns of a random row?

Answer 1

Here is one way to achieve what you want to do:

var quotes = from q in dataContext.Quotes select q;
int count = quotes.Count();
int index = new Random().Next(count);
var randomQuote = quotes.Skip(index).FirstOrDefault();