From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rg] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 January 2006 17:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [sqlite] [RBL] [sqlite] Randomly ordering results
"Steve O'Hara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The standard SQLite function random() is actually seeded by > the current time and date every time you open a database. > FWIW, the random() function in SQLite uses a cryptographic PRNG and (at least on Unix) is seeded using /dev/urandom if that device is available. So it should give you very good randomness. -- D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- You are of course right, I just looked at the Windows version which is seeded on date/time. Steve
