how random are the spotlights?

What about marriages ended by FIRST. I know that by Presidents Day my wife is not real happy with me :) - IndySam [more]

		Chief Delphi > ChiefDelphi.com Website > CD Forum Support
how random are the spotlights?

11-01-2003, 18:09

Brandon Martus Brandon Martus is offline

busy.

AKA: B. Slash Kamen

no team

Join Date: May 2001

Rookie Year: 1998

Location: Nevada, TX USA

Posts: 5,271

One's from mysql's 'ORDER BY RAND()', the other's from php's rand() function.

Oh, and from php.net's man page for srand().

Quote:

Note: Since PHP 4.2.0 it's no longer necessary to seed the random number generator before using it.

__________________
Brandon Martus
e-mail

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts vB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
External Spotlights	Brandon Martus	CD Forum Support	17	04-12-2003 21:38
Match Pairings not random (not even close!)	Norm M.	General Forum	74	31-03-2003 08:22
About people and their random posting	archiver	2001	5	24-06-2002 04:21
How random is random????	archiver	1999	0	23-06-2002 21:59
Silly Random Team Site	Matt Leese	Rumor Mill	1	13-07-2001 22:47

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 18:44.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.