A clause used in SQL SELECT statements to sort query results.

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How do I make MySQL auto increment in random order?

I have a table that contains several keys into other tables (where each key is comprised of multiple columns). I would like to create a new column for each key that would be an integer such that ...
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adding an order by to this query returns faster than without, why?

Any ideas on why adding a sort to this query returns considerably faster than without the order by? I would expect the opposite so what could make this happen? SELECT TOP (500) ...

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