RANDOM_STRING

Computes n random bytes as varbinary, one value per row.

Category: Utility Functions

Syntax

RANDOM_STRING(n)

Arguments

• n integer Number of random bytes to generate for each row.

Returns

VARBINARY — Returns the computed result as VARBINARY.

Usage Notes

This function is volatile. It returns n random bytes as VARBINARY for each row; the integer argument is the byte length, not a seed.