diff -Naur /home/harrypotter/views_module/views/modules/views_node.inc views/modules/views_node.inc
--- /home/harrypotter/views_module/views/modules/views_node.inc	2007-07-14 12:30:51.000000000 -0700
+++ views/modules/views_node.inc	2008-10-04 11:27:10.000000000 -0700
@@ -761,15 +761,7 @@
 }
 
 function views_handler_sort_random($action, &$query, $sortinfo, $sort) {
-  switch ($GLOBALS['db_type']) {
-    case 'mysql':
-    case 'mysqli':
-      $query->add_orderby('', "rand()", "ASC", 'random_sort');
-      break;
-    case 'pgsql':
-      $query->add_orderby('', "random()", "ASC", 'random_sort');
-      break;
-  }
+  $query->add_orderbyrandom();
 }
 
 function views_node_sort_handler_nid($action, &$query, $sortinfo, $sort) {
diff -Naur /home/harrypotter/views_module/views/views_query.inc views/views_query.inc
--- /home/harrypotter/views_module/views/views_query.inc	2007-04-12 08:18:59.000000000 -0700
+++ views/views_query.inc	2008-10-04 11:24:46.000000000 -0700
@@ -418,6 +418,23 @@
     }
   }
 
+  function add_orderbyrandom() {
+    switch ($GLOBALS['db_type']) {
+      case 'mysql':
+      case 'mysqli':
+        $random = 'rand()';
+	break;
+      case 'pgsql':
+        $random = 'random()';
+	break;
+    }
+    if (in_array($random, $this->orderby)) {
+      return;
+    } else {
+      $this->orderby[] = $random;
+    }
+  }
+
   /*
    * Add a simple GROUP BY clause to the query. The caller is responsible
    * for ensuring that the fields are fully qualified and the table is properly