Re: sql rand function

Whoah. Is all that necessary?

I like the example in the link Mark sent.

SELECT RAND(MICROSECOND(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP))
FROM MYFILE

And then simply rand() after it’s been seeded.

On Nov 11, 2022, at 9:57 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here is sql code lifted from stack overflow that uses rand( ) to generate a
GUID like value. Looks pretty random to me.

select LEFT(TRANSLATE ( CHAR(BIGINT(RAND() * 10000000000 )),
'abcdef123456789', '1234567890' ),8)
CONCAT '-' CONCAT
LEFT(TRANSLATE ( CHAR(BIGINT(RAND() * 10000000000 )),
'abcdef123456789', '1234567890' ),4)
CONCAT '-' CONCAT
LEFT(TRANSLATE ( CHAR(BIGINT(RAND() * 10000000000 )),
'abcdef123456789', '1234567890' ),4)
CONCAT '-' CONCAT
LEFT(TRANSLATE ( CHAR(BIGINT(RAND() * 10000000000 )),
'abcdef123456789', '1234567890' ),4)
CONCAT '-' CONCAT
LEFT(TRANSLATE ( CHAR(BIGINT(RAND() * 10000000000000 )),
'abcdef123456789', '1234567890' ),12)
from qrpglesrc
order by 1

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 8:19 PM Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

lol! thanks Mark (not so random)

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 8:12 PM Mark Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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