get some random numbers : RAND « Function « SQL / MySQL






get some random numbers

     
mysql>
mysql> SELECT RAND(), RAND();
+-------------------+------------------+
| RAND()            | RAND()           |
+-------------------+------------------+
| 0.141106582378137 | 0.77054688126831 |
+-------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

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