Re: PL-SQL Random Number Generator?
Date: 1998/08/14
Message-ID: <35e45dd1.184005616_at_192.86.155.100>#1/1
A copy of this was sent to "Todd Weaver" <tweaver_at_imsisoft.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:41:40 -0700, you wrote:
>this may be a pissant question, but why not use a sequence, and simply use
>ORACLE's random assignment from that sequence? Assign the sequence no
what is 'random assigment' from a sequence? sequences have a starting point and an increment by. They are assigned sequentially, not randomly.
>maximum number, and don't choose the numbers in order..... I suppose this
>may be limiting, as far as security, or where you can access the number
>from, but for simply purposes, is this not a viable alternative?
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>-Veeb
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>Hakan wrote in message <35D2645D.6F0586C1_at_ibm.net>...
>>Hi,
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Thomas Kyte
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