From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: wangqi <wangqi@edgesoft.cn>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: about select use random
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:55:29 -0400
Message-ID: <12603.1343184929@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <500F5870.8010400@edgesoft.cn>
References: <500F5870.8010400@edgesoft.cn>
wangqi <wangqi@edgesoft.cn> writes:
> ¡öSQL-3
> select * from wk_mclid1 where id1= (round((random() * (10-1))::integer)
> + 1)::integer;
> When we excute SQL-3,sometimes the result was 0 record or more than 1
> record.
> Why?
random() is re-evaluated for each row scanned by the SELECT.
If you don't want that, you can use a WITH to lock down the result of a
single random() call.
regards, tom lane
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