Re: CEERAN0 not allways random?

[Bruce Vining <bvining@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You may want to review this
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/0/00599805bfa9117f86256c48005989f6?OpenDocument
 from the software knowledge base for an alternative API.



                                                                           
             "Titus Kruse"                                                 
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Hi!

We're using the API CEERAN0 (availible since V5R2) to add a random number
for each record in a database file. The field with those numbers is defined
16,0 packed.

It seems like all numbers in the file are different. But doing an SQL query
over the 20,000 records grouping by the number shows, that very much
numbers
are duplicate. Why that?

Maybe is the release V5R1, where the program is running the reason for this
strange behaviour? Or do I use the seed parameter not correct? I've
initialized it on first call with zero and use the return seed for next
call
and so on.


Titus Kruse
Software-Entwicklung IBM iSeries
ESW Software Warda KG (GmbH & Co.)
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