Re: random numbers

From: Steve Cosner <stevec_at_zimmer.csufresno.edu>
Date: 1999/02/19
Message-ID: <7aktc4$fp$1@nntp.csufresno.edu>#1/1

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 Fri Feb 19 1999 - 00:00:00 CST