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Error 443: in rand function

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sirf_atif
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4 Posts

Posted - 2004-11-11 : 09:12:00

i m having a problem wid a stored procedure
i m using RAND function like this

select @rnd = RAND()
but is giving me an error that is
Error 443: Invalid use of 'rand' within a function

what is the solution?

<sirf_atif>

jsmith8858
Dr. Cross Join

7423 Posts

Posted - 2004-11-11 : 09:22:44

udf's must be deterministic -- and of course RAND is non-deterministic, since it returns random numbers!

the solution is a workaround using a view:

create View vRandomNumber
as
select RAND() as RandNumber

once you have that set up, you can just use the view in your UDF:

select @rnd = RandNumber from vRandomNumber

Does this help?

- Jeff

sirf_atif
Starting Member

4 Posts

Posted - 2004-11-22 : 02:56:22

Thanx a lot dear .
actually i had been very busy last days thats y i didnt reply u for thanx
sorry for it
:)

<sirf_atif>

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