Funny. the website cited for lavarand doesn't exist.=20 Now THAT is some security.=20 (These NIST boys must be smoking Secure Hash)=20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:21 PM To: mwf@xxxxxxxx Cc: ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Muqthar.Ahmed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; = oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Generate RANDOM number On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:12:37 -0500, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > You asked what is wrong with his select. >=20 > Probably he is seeking information regarding the quality of the pseudo = > random sequence that is generated. Might this work? http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20010512/mathtrek.asp --=20 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l