Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Can i Generate random numbers in Teradata?


Can i Generate random numbers in Teradata?

There is a scenario in which I need to generate RANDOM numbers for a given column (integer ). In teradata we can use a function called as RANDOM(min_value, max_value) .

This is implemented in sql as follows.

Select RANDOM(1,500) from table;

Please note:    There might be cases where Random function can produce duplicate values. SO while designing tables , make sure that the column making use of RANDOM is not part of UNIQUE PRIMARY INDEX

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