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Re: [PATCH] Introduce array_shuffle() and array_sample()

Martin Kalcher <martin.kalcher@aboutsource.net>

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From: Martin Kalcher <martin.kalcher@aboutsource.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: John Naylor <john.naylor@enterprisedb.com>, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-07-18T20:15:43Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general 
Am 18.07.22 um 21:29 schrieb Tom Lane:
> The preferred thing to do is to add it to our "commitfest" queue,
> which will ensure that it gets looked at eventually.  The currently
> open cycle is 2022-09 [1] (see the "New Patch" button there).

Thanks Tom, did that. I am not sure if "SQL Commands" is the correct 
topic for this patch, but i guess its not that important. I am impressed 
by all the infrastructure build around this project.

Martin

Commits

  1. Add array_sample() and array_shuffle() functions.

  2. Use a separate random seed for SQL random()/setseed() functions.