DbFunctionsExtensions.Random(DbFunctions) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore

Assembly:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v6.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v7.0.0

Package:: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore v8.0.0

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A random double number generator which generates a number between 0 and 1, exclusive.

public static double Random (this Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbFunctions _);

static member Random : Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbFunctions -> double

<Extension()>
Public Function Random (_ As DbFunctions) As Double

Parameters

_: DbFunctions

The DbFunctions instance.

Returns

Double

A random double number between 0 and 1, exclusive.

Remarks

This DbFunction method has no in-memory implementation and will throw if the query switches to client-evaluation. This can happen if the query contains one or more expressions that could not be translated to the store.

Applies to