====== MySQL - Debugging messages ====== select concat ("Updated ", row_count(), " rows") as ''; #DATE(DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ROUND(RAND(1)*10) DAY)); select concat ("Random date: ", DATE(DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ROUND(RAND(1)*100) DAY))) as ''; ===== Examples ===== Output a random date: select addtime(concat_ws(' ','1964-12-25' + interval rand()*20000 day ,'00:00:00'),sec_to_time(floor(0 + (rand() * 86401)))) as '';