This code extracts data from a MySQL database and uses RAND for the ordering. A second sort by ASC is needed so the output is in a-z order. Any ideas? 
sub { 
my $sth;
my $cat_db = $DB->table('Category'); 
$cat_db->select_options ("ORDER BY RAND()", "LIMIT $_[0]");
my $sth = $cat_db->select ( { FatherID => 4}, ['Full_Name','Name'] ); 
my @output; 
while (my $cat = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
if (length $cat->{Name} > 23) {
$cat->{Name} = substr($cat->{Name}, 0, 23) . '..';
}
$cat->{URL} = "$CFG->{build_root_url}/" . $cat_db->as_url($cat->{Full_
+Name}) . "/";
push @output, $cat; 
}
return {catrand => \@output};   
}

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In reply to Applying ASC sort with RAND? by JasonB

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