Re: sql rand function -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: sql rand function
From: Mark Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:12:03 +0000 (UTC)
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See:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sql-rand-function-not-so-random

On Friday, November 11, 2022 at 07:53:26 PM EST, Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

anyone ever use this?

if i do values rand(1000000) I get the same number everytime ... in strsql.
if I page up or down that number changes randomly...
How can I retrieve a random number anytime I need one?

tia
Jay

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