Is there another way to shuffle a list of phone numbers so that they are random?

thx

>If it's unique, it's not random! And if it's random than it's not necessary unique! :)
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>Vlad
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>>Yeah, I was just hoping for something like RAND(,U) <-- a unique parameter.
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>>I'm told that C++'s RAND() function returns unique numbers...
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>>Oh well, I did the SEEK to verify uniqueness and it works fine.
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>>Thanks
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>>>This is normal. Random numbers are not unique.
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>>>Each time you generate a new number you must do a SEEK and add it only if it is not already in your table.
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>>>Vlad
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>>>>I fill a file having 12000 records with 'random' numbers. Index on number unique
>>>>shows only 7550 unique numbers
>>>>
>>>>>What's the problem? Ie: What doesn't work?
>>>>>
>>>>>Vlad
>>>>>
>>>>>>We are using RAND() to create a random sampling of a phone number file so
>>>>>>we need unique numbers so we don't re-use phone numbers
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any way?