Re: Pgsql-7.1RC1: SET SEED = <something>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alexey Borzov <borz_off(at)rdw(dot)ru>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Pgsql-7.1RC1: SET SEED = <something>
Date: 2001-03-29 17:06:32
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0103291904390.2091-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> Alexey Borzov <borz_off(at)rdw(dot)ru> writes:
> > The development docs state that one can use SET SEED to seed the
> > random number generator
>
> Where? I see no such claim. If there's something that leads you
> to think that SET SEED and not setseed() is correct, then the docs
> need to be fixed.

Actually, this used to work, but for some reason it's called 'set
random_seed' now. I seem to be responsible for this, although I can't
imagine what the motivation might have been. Should I change it back?

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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