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Document new SET SEED command.

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Thomas G. Lockhart 2000-04-07 13:31:18 +00:00
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Postgres documentation
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Seed</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the internal seed for the random number generator.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The value for the seed to be used by the
<function>random</function> catalog function. Significant
values are floating point numbers between 0 and 1, which
are then multiplied by RAND_MAX. This product will
silently overflow if a number outside the range is used.
</para>
<para>
The seed can also be set by invoking the
<function>setseed</function> SQL function:
<programlisting>
SELECT setseed(<replaceable>value</replaceable>);
</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
This option is only available if MULTIBYTE support was enabled
during the configure step of building Postgres.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>SERVER_ENCODING</term>
<listitem>