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Duplicate Values For DBMS_RANDOM When Running In Parallel (Doc ID 2790527.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A serial process generates all random values. Running in parallel we get some dupes.
Do the multiple parallel workers use the same seed and generate some identical values?

Changes

 

Cause

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