pgsql: Improve documentation of random() function. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject pgsql: Improve documentation of random() function.
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Msg-id E1VZKFB-0003aZ-8m@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Improve documentation of random() function.

Move random() and setseed() to a separate table, to have them grouped
together. Also add a notice that random() is not cryptographically secure.

Original patch by Honza Horak, although I didn't use his version.

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/75fdcec14543b60cc0c67483d8cc47d5c7adf1a8

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/func.sgml |   77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)


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