Re: random

> Jelle Ouwerkerk <jelle@openface.ca> writes:
> > Also, is there a way to randomize the order of a result set?
> 
> There's always
>     SELECT * FROM foo ORDER BY random();
> 

How does that work?
test=> select random();      random       ------------------- 0.896045367650709(1 row)

However:test=> select * from pg_class order by random();

does return some output.  Is it random, and if so, how?

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