MySQL random string functions are commonly used. The syntax of this function is described in detail below. If you are interested in MySQL random string functions, take a look.
- DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS rand_string;
- delimiter //
- CREATE FUNCTION rand_string(l_num tinyint UNSIGNED,l_type tinyint UNSIGNED)
- RETURNS varchar(127)
- BEGIN
- -- Function : rand_string
- -- Author : dbachina#dbachina.com
- -- Date : 2010/5/30
- -- l_num : The length of random string
- -- l_type: The string type
- -- 1.0-9
- -- 2.a-z
- -- 3.A-Z
- -- 4.a-zA-Z
- -- 5.0-9a-zA-Z
- -- <for example> :
- -- mysql> select rand_string(12,5) random_string;
- -- +---------------+
- -- | random_string |
- -- +---------------+
- -- | 3KzGJCUJUplw |
- -- +---------------+
- -- 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
- DECLARE i int UNSIGNED DEFAULT 0;
- DECLARE v_chars varchar(64) DEFAULT '0123456789';
- DECLARE result varchar ( 255) DEFAULT '';
-
- IF l_type = 1 THEN
- SET v_chars = '0123456789';
- ELSEIF l_type = 2 THEN
- SET v_chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
- ELSEIF l_type = 3 THEN
- SET v_chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
- ELSEIF l_type = 4 THEN
- SET v_chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
- ELSEIF l_type = 5 THEN
- SET v_chars = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
- ELSE
- SET v_chars = '0123456789';
- END IF;
-
- WHILE i < l_num DO
- SET result = concat( result,substr(v_chars,ceil(rand()*(length(v_chars)-1)),1) );
- SET ii = i + 1;
- END WHILE;
- RETURN result;
- END;
- //
- delimiter ;
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