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What seed does random() use if setseed() is not called first?

Carl Sopchak <carl@sopchak.me>

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From: Carl Sopchak <carl@sopchak.me>
To: pgsql-sql@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2022-07-23T21:18:40Z
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    <p>There is one point about the documentation for random() and
      setseed() that is missing.  What is used to seed random() if
      setseed() isn't called first?  I assume it's something like
      /dev/random or /dev/urandom, but that's just a guess.  Can someone
      please enlighten me?</p>
    <p>Thanks for the help!</p>
    <p>Carl<br>
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  1. Doc: improve documentation about random().