How unique does the random number need to be? As in, if someone or some process gets 10 today, then 10 can never, ever come up again, or as in 10 probably shouldn't be the next number? And how random does it need to be?
Rand() is pretty limited in SQL. With the same seed, it gets the same number every time. If the numbers need to be unique, that definitely won't do.
There are other methods to get random numbers, but I need to know how unique and how random before I recommend one.
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