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F_GETRANDOM

input/output-compatibility to rFunc (GETRANDOM)

Entrypoint getrandom compatible with UTF-8

Inputs/Outputs

   Input      INTEGER      max. number of random
   Output     INTEGER      integer-random number between 0 and value of parameter 2

Syntax

   This function can create more than one different random-no. in one second because the generator is set with the actual systemtime and the process-ID, so that is is impossible, that 2 calls in the same second return the same random-no.
   TestSQL
   SELECT F_GETRANDOM(10000) FROM RDB$DATABASE;
   SELECT F_GETRANDOM(NULL) FROM RDB$DATABASE;