pgsql: Improve documentation of random() function.

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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Improve documentation of random() function.
Date: 2015-01-21 02:22:04
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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.

Back-patch of commit 75fdcec14543b60cc0c67483d8cc47d5c7adf1a8 into
all supported versions, per discussion of the need to document that
random() is just a wrapper around random(3).

Branch
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REL9_3_STABLE

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/b8e5f669910cb5e26fdf3d255e981e875f87a7d7

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