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SQL / MySQL » Function » RAND

Generating Random Numbers

     

mysql>

mysql> SELECT RAND( ), RAND( ), RAND( );

+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+

| RAND( )           | RAND( )           | RAND( )           |

+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+

| 0.187942593533492 | 0.103603096775341 | 0.954187734009873 |

+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+

1 row in set (0.00 sec)



mysql>

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