| From: | Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Xavier Poinsard <xpoinsard(at)free(dot)fr>, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: random escape function |
| Date: | 2007-04-11 17:41:40 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSO.4.64.0704111339530.11607@leary.csoft.net |
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Tom Lane wrote:
> Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> writes:
>> Also the spec doesn't say what rand is actually supposed to do. What is
>> the purpose of providing a rand function if you have to supply a seed
>> every single time.
>
> Is it really a seed? Maybe it's supposed to be the desired range of the
> output, or something.
>
All the documentation has to say is "RAND(integer) Random floating point
for seed integer)" so it clearly thinks it's a seed of some kind.
Kris Jurka
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