Alexey Borzov <borz_off(at)rdw(dot)ru> writes:
> The development docs state that one can use SET SEED to seed the
> random number generator

Where?  I see no such claim.  If there's something that leads you
to think that SET SEED and not setseed() is correct, then the docs
need to be fixed.

			regards, tom lane

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• Pgsql-7.1RC1: SET SEED = <something> at 2001-03-29 07:38:20 from Alexey Borzov

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• Re: Pgsql-7.1RC1: SET SEED = <something> at 2001-03-29 17:06:32 from Peter Eisentraut
• Re[2]: Pgsql-7.1RC1: SET SEED = <something> at 2001-03-30 08:57:20 from Alexey Borzov

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