/* * Copyright (C) 2017 BC Libraries Cooperative * Author: Jeff Davis * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. */ BEGIN; CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION sitka.get_random_circ_chains( circs_needed INT DEFAULT 1 ) RETURNS SETOF action.circulation AS $$ DECLARE max_circ_id BIGINT; circ_count INT; circs_remaining INT; circ_id BIGINT; circ action.circulation%ROWTYPE; BEGIN -- What's the largest possible circ ID? SELECT INTO max_circ_id MAX(id) FROM action.circulation; -- Generate random values between 1 and the max possible circ ID. -- If our desired circ count is 1000, we generate 1000 random values. CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE random_circ_ids (id BIGINT); INSERT INTO random_circ_ids (id) SELECT DISTINCT a.r AS id FROM ( SELECT floor(random() * max_circ_id)::BIGINT AS r FROM generate_series(1, circs_needed) ) AS a INNER JOIN action.circulation b ON a.r = b.id; -- Count how many random circ IDs we have with so far. SELECT INTO circ_count COUNT(*) FROM random_circ_ids; -- Random Circ ID generation likely came up with less than our required -- number of circs, so we keep generating more until we have what we need. WHILE circ_count < circs_needed LOOP circs_remaining := circs_needed - circ_count; INSERT INTO random_circ_ids (id) SELECT DISTINCT a.r AS id FROM ( SELECT floor(random() * max_circ_id)::BIGINT AS r FROM generate_series(1, circs_remaining) ) AS a INNER JOIN action.circulation b ON a.r = b.id WHERE a.r NOT IN (SELECT id FROM random_circ_ids) LIMIT circs_remaining; SELECT INTO circ_count COUNT(*) FROM random_circ_ids; END LOOP; FOR circ_id IN SELECT id FROM random_circ_ids LOOP FOR circ IN SELECT * FROM action.circ_chain(circ_id) LOOP RETURN NEXT circ; END LOOP; END LOOP; DROP TABLE random_circ_ids; RETURN; END; $$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL; COMMENT ON FUNCTION sitka.get_random_circ_chains(INT) IS 'Returns circs from a specified number of randomly-selected circ chains.'; COMMIT;