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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/func.sgml12
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml6
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 2e7144b147b..aa7e2b09898 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@
<entry>convert floating point to integer</entry>
<entry>integer(2.0)</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>random()</entry>
+ <entry>float8</entry>
+ <entry>random value in the range 0.0 to 1.0</entry>
+ <entry>random()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>setseed(float8)</entry>
+ <entry>int</entry>
+ <entry>set seed for subsequent random() calls</entry>
+ <entry>setseed(0.54823)</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
index 7f36aae9d78..b76570d5def 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml,v 1.46 2000/07/14 15:27:14 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml,v 1.47 2000/08/07 00:51:18 tgl Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ SET TIME ZONE { '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">timezone</replaceable>' | LOCAL
<listitem>
<para>
The value for the seed to be used by the
- <function>random</function> catalog function. Significant
+ <function>random</function> function. Allowed
values are floating point numbers between 0 and 1, which
- are then multiplied by RAND_MAX. This product will
+ are then multiplied by 2^31-1. This product will
silently overflow if a number outside the range is used.
</para>