diff --git a/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php b/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php
index 7f0a2a646..2efc2cf5f 100644
--- a/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php
+++ b/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ class MySQLDatabase extends Database {
 
 		foreach($records as $record)
 			$objects[] = new $record['ClassName']($record);
-
+		
 		if(isset($objects)) $doSet = new DataObjectSet($objects);
 		else $doSet = new DataObjectSet();
 		
@@ -823,6 +823,13 @@ class MySQLDatabase extends Database {
 		return 'NOW()';
 	}
 	
+	/*
+	 * Returns the database-specific version of the random() function
+	 */
+	function random(){
+		return 'RAND()';
+	}
+	
 	/*
 	 * This will return text which has been escaped in a database-friendly manner
 	 * Using PHP's addslashes method won't work in MSSQL