From 19a973e780eb9d795f59080f361dad6e9128b1a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jbranchaud Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 19:43:58 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add a bit more explanation to the latest til --- postgres/set-seed-for-random-number-generator.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/postgres/set-seed-for-random-number-generator.md b/postgres/set-seed-for-random-number-generator.md index 69b47b3..84bcfe5 100644 --- a/postgres/set-seed-for-random-number-generator.md +++ b/postgres/set-seed-for-random-number-generator.md @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ particular seed in order to get some determinism from functions that utilize the random number generator. The seed needs to be something between `0` and `1`. +We can see this in action by setting the seed and then invoking `random()` a +couple times. Doing this twice, we will see the reproducibility we can +achieve with a seed. + ```sql > set seed to 0.1234; SET