Need to Get N number of records using random function in rails

Question

I am working one rails project,

i had a requirement like,

I have a User model which is having 1000 records. i need to get 3 records randomly out of thousand at a time.

if i use rand() function it will be applicable to getting to only one record at a time.

can anybody tell me how to write the rand() function for getting N number of records

Answer 1

Use it. i think this is helpful for you

@users = User.order('RAND()').limit(3)