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refer to http://osi.oracle.com/~tkyte
for Oracle 7, Oracle 8 has the dbms_random package.
hth,
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Jason McBride <jasonmcbride_at_excite.com> wrote in message
news:O5rG4.135672$bm.521850_at_news1.alsv1.occa.home.com...
> I need a random number generator. What i really need to do is select a
> random set of 4 rows from a table where there is a simple primary key (a
> number).
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks a lot
>
> jason_at_contactpath.com
>
>
Received on Tue Apr 04 2000 - 15:00:29 CDT