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[Postgres] Helper function to generate random integer in a range
-- Helper function to generate random integer in a range.
-- Extremely useful for generating mock data for testing.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION RANDOM_BETWEEN(low INT ,high INT)
RETURNS INT AS
$$
BEGIN
RETURN floor(random()* (high-low + 1) + low);
END;
$$ language 'plpgsql' STRICT;
-- Usage example.
SELECT RANDOM_BETWEEN(1, 1000);
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