FYI, Neil has corrected this in CVS HEAD.
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Tom Lane wrote:
Neil Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 15:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
AFAICT it's just junk. It happens to be the input times
On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 15:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
AFAICT it's just junk. It happens to be the input times
MAX_RANDOM_VALUE, but what use is that? I wonder if we shouldn't
change the function to return VOID
I agree. Given how soon we want to get an 8.2 beta out the door, perhaps
this change
Neil Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 15:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
AFAICT it's just junk. It happens to be the input times
MAX_RANDOM_VALUE, but what use is that? I wonder if we shouldn't
change the function to return VOID
I agree. Given how soon we want to get an 8.2
Tom Lane skrev:
entryliteralfunctionsetseed/function(typedp/type)/literal/entry
entrytypeint/type/entry
- entryset seed for subsequent literalrandom()/literal calls/entry
+ entryset seed for subsequent literalrandom()/literal calls (value
between -1.0 and
Dennis Bjorklund [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
entryliteralfunctionsetseed/function(typedp/type)/literal/entry
entrytypeint/type/entry
- entryset seed for subsequent literalrandom()/literal
calls/entry
+ entryset seed for subsequent literalrandom()/literal calls
Dennis Bjorklund [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What about the return value? The doc didn't say anything about it.
AFAICT it's just junk. It happens to be the input times
MAX_RANDOM_VALUE, but what use is that? I wonder if we shouldn't
change the function to return VOID ... that option wasn't
Tom Lane wrote:
Dennis Bjorklund [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
entryliteralfunctionsetseed/function(typedp/type)/literal/entry
entrytypeint/type/entry
- entryset seed for subsequent literalrandom()/literal
calls/entry
+ entryset seed for subsequent