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Re: Random Numbers in PL/SQL

From: arvind <arvind_at_mciworld.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 02:19:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4dTF4.361$dV6.10196@pm01news.wcom.com>


Hi

If you are using Oracle8i, it comes with an optional package called DBMS_RANDOM, check in the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms8x/admin directory for creating tha package.

HTH
Arvind Balaraman
Joe Klar wrote in message ...
>Does anyone know a good way to generate fairly random numbers within a
>PL/SQL procedure?
>If I need to use a call to an external C-program, (which I can write
myself)
>how would I call it from PL/SQL?
>
>Thanks!
>
>
Received on Sun Apr 02 2000 - 21:19:44 CDT

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