RE: [PHP] random?
| From: | craig | Date: | Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:40:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] random? | ||
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> Maybe MySQL's RAND() function isn't very random.
>
From the mysql manual:
RAND() is not meant to be a perfect random generator, but instead
a fast way to generate ad hoc random numbers that will be portable
between platforms for the same MySQL version.
doesn't help, but at least you know you're not imagining things ;)
-Craig