Re: Random numbers

On Mon, 9 Feb 1998 18:00:03 +0100, "Wilhelm Thieme" <w.thieme_at_consunet.nl> wrote:

Hi,

here's what Thomas Kyte wrote a few weeks ago:

This one works just like the C rand() function. If you do a

$ man rand

it'll tell you the properties of the random number generator...

create or replace package random
is

        pragma restrict_references( random, WNDS, RNPS );

        procedure srand( new_seed in number );

	function rand return number;
	pragma restrict_references( rand, WNDS  );

	procedure get_rand( r OUT number );

	function rand_max( n IN number ) return number;
	pragma restrict_references( rand_max, WNDS);

	procedure get_rand_max( r OUT number, n IN number );

end random;
/

create or replace package body random
is

	multiplier	constant number         := 22695477;
	increment	constant number        	:= 1;
	"2^32"		constant number			:= 2 ** 32;
	"2^16"		constant number         := 2 ** 16;
	"0x7fff"	constant number         := 32767;
	Seed		number := 1;
--
	procedure srand( new_seed in number ) 
	is
	begin
		Seed := new_seed;
	end srand;
--
	function rand return number
	is
	begin
		seed := mod( multiplier * seed + increment, "2^32" );
		return bitand( seed/"2^16", "0x7fff" );
	end rand;
--
	procedure get_rand( r OUT number ) 
	is
	begin
		r := rand;
	end get_rand;
--
	function rand_max( n IN number ) return number 
	is
	begin
		return mod( rand, n ) + 1;
	end rand_max;
--
	procedure get_rand_max( r OUT number, n IN number ) 
	is
	begin
		r := rand_max( n );
	end get_rand_max;

--
begin
	select userenv( 'SESSIONID' ) into seed from dual;
end random;
/

 
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Bethesda MD
 
http://govt.us.oracle.com/    -- downloadable utilities


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Regards 
Matthias Gresz :-)



>Hi,

>

>How can I generate random numbers using PL/SQL?

>

>Thanks

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Regards

Matthias Gresz    :-)