Re: Random not so random

"D. Stimits" <stimits(at)comcast(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Hmm. postmaster.c does this during startup of each backend process:
>>
>> gettimeofday(&now, &tz);
>> srandom((unsigned int) now.tv_usec);

> If it uses the same seed from the connection, then all randoms within a
> connect that has not reconnected will use the same seed. Which means the
> same sequence will be generated each time, which is why it is
> pseudo-random and not random. For it to be random not just the first
> call of a new connection, but among all calls of new connection, it
> would have to seed it based on time at the moment of query and not at
> the moment of connect. A pseudo-random generator using the same seed
> will generate the same sequence.

Did you read what I said? Or experiment?

regards, tom lane