sub {
my $cat_id = $_[0];
my $link_db = $DB->table('CatLinks','Links');

my $limit = $_[1] || 4;
my (@output, $sth);

$link_db->select_options ('ORDER BY RAND()', "LIMIT $limit");
$sth = $link_db->select ( { CategoryID => $cat_id, isNew => 'Yes', isValidated => 'Yes'} );

while (my $hash = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
push @output, $hash;
}

$output ? return \@output : return '';

}