Re: random numbers
From: Steve Cosner <stevec_at_zimmer.csufresno.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 1999 23:50:28 GMT
Message-ID: <7aktc4$fp$1_at_nntp.csufresno.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 1999 23:50:28 GMT
Message-ID: <7aktc4$fp$1_at_nntp.csufresno.edu>
In article <7ahrvi$all_at_newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
Steve <shl9_at_cornell.edu> wrote:
>Is there a random number generator PLSQL package that Oracle supports/provides?
>Or does anyone know of a method of inserting a random number into a column.
>Thanks in advance!
>- Steve at Cornell
In Oracle 8 there is a DBMS_RANDOM package available.
If you are on Oracle 7, try Thomas Kyte's method. Just look up his last post on the topic in Deja News:
http://x3.dejanews.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=322168504
Steve Cosner Received on Sat Feb 20 1999 - 00:50:28 CET