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I know that there's been a big discussion about this before... but I have
an issue that I couldn't find in the archives.

If I run this statement interactively (in STRSQL). I get a different value
everytime...
select dec((rand()* 10000000000),10,0) from sysibm/sysdummy1

But when I put it in the SQLRPGLE program (which so happens to be a DEV2
web program), I get the same value.
select dec((rand()* 10000000000),10,0) into :RandomNumber from
sysibm/sysdummy1

RandomNumber always equals 5138706625

If I put a number in the Rand Function, Rand(somenumber). I get a
different value then above but it doesn't change on repeated calls.

The activation group is *NEW and the Rand function is non-deterministic. So
I don't follow why I'm getting the same value.

I've even tried doing Values(...) into :RandomNumber;



Michael Schutte
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