Dear sirs,
I was very surprised when I executed such SQL query (under PostgreSQL 8.2):
select random() from generate_series(1, 10) order by random();
I thought I would receive ten random numbers in random order. But I received
ten random numbers sorted numerically:
random
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0.102324520237744
0.17704638838768
0.533014383167028
0.60182224214077
0.644065519794822
0.750732169486582
0.821376844774932
0.88221683120355
0.889879426918924
0.924697323236614
(10 rows)
I don't understand - why the result is like that? It seems like in each row
both random()s were giving the same result. Why is it like that? What caused
it?
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Piotr Sobolewski
http://www.piotrsobolewski.w.pl
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