Re: random number in a stored procedure

Posted in 1997

"Billy Wheeler" — 6 Dec 1997 11:53:19 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On 6 Dec 97 at 8:28, Ed Schaefer wrote: > Anybody out there written a stored procedure to return a random > number. Any help is appreciated! Blunt, slow and ugly (just like me! :-) -- SYSTEM("exit `echo $RANDOM`") -- (Needs ksh) I think. I'm not really sure how you return things to SPs. Guaranteed to be slow due to the system call, I'm afraid. HTH. -- Ciao, Billy Back at the gold-face in sunny Gauteng... Informix FAQ @ http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html Drivel @ http://www.west.co.za/tasteless/