Kevin, This should do your job: "I've created a wrapper function to replicate the functionalilty of RAND() but instead using the CryptGenRandom call"
http://www.west-wind.com/wwthreads/Message2FL0H5YPG.wwt Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: 20 November 2012 16:49 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Generating random sample data Well, searching the ProFox archives, I see this was discussed earlier and the suggestions point here: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=844242 On 11/20/2012 11:37 AM, Kevin Cully wrote: > Hello Profoxers, > > I'm trying to generate a good sample data and I'm trying to generate > it as quickly as possible of course. I'm not sure I think I know > =RAND() like I think I did. > > Here's what I'm trying to do: > [1] Generate log data for a random number of users [2] ... that visit > a random number of customer records [3] .... that generate a random > number activities [4] ..... that occur at random times of the day > > Each of the above steps became a function in my data generation, and > one of the first lines is "=RAND(-1)" but I think since I'm in such a > tight loop, that the RAND() is seeding off of the clock so I'm not > getting a good random seed. > > Should I just give up and call some webservice to get better random > numbers, or is there something that I'm not understanding? > > -Kevin > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
