# Order by newid()

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/order-by-newid/192546>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 1, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/order-by-newid/192546 "2010-08-01T21:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markh)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/order-by-newid/192546/1 "2010-08-01T21:14:08Z")

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I want to get a set of records in random order. Will  
Car.order(‘newid()’) work? Is there a better way to do this? Rails 3.