Random

Simple but slow when table grows say 10M+?

ORDER BY random();

Faster alternatives. Two algorithms. SYSTEM is more performant than BERNOULLI, but BERNOULLI has better randomness.

-- get 1% of row by SYSTEM; 0.1 for 0.1% row
SELECT * FROM user_sessions TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM(1)

-- get 1% of row by BERNOULLI; 0.1 for 0.1% row
SELECT * FROM user_sessions TABLESAMPLE BERNOULLI(1)

SYSTEM is sampling data blocks. BERNOULLI is sampling table rows.

When you see query plan, you will see QUERY PLAN | Sample Scan.

Also checks out additional module tsm_system_rows that you can do:

SELECT * FROM user_sessions TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM_ROWS(100);

that will give you 100 random rows from your table!