Re: Randomizing ...

Thank you!

In article <8uruk5$c6d$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   sybrandb_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <8urshh$a45$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> sergey_s_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> > How can I select a number of random rows from a table? Say I wanted
 to
> > select 500 random IDs from a table, how would I do that? I was
 trying
> > to find a random number generator function in SQL or PL/SQL, but
 didn't
> > see one so far. I guess I could use mod. Are there any other ways?
> >
> > Oracle 8.0.5
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Sergey
> >
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>
> There is a random generator in pl/sql in Oracle 8.0 and beyond.
> It is called -guess what- dbms_random.
>
> Hth,
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