[ic] random_string() persistant?

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Dan Browning)]

At 03:42 PM 10/11/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm using the random_string() function in a usertag called
>random_string_value.
>
>Looks like this:
>
>UserTag random_string_value Order tag
>UserTag random_string_value Routine <<EOR
>sub  {
>return random_string();
>}
>EOR
>
>Accessed like this:
>
>[random_string_value]
>
>The problem is that if I access a page with this on it, it is random the
>first time, but subsequent accesses render a non-unique string that is the
>same as the one before it.
>
>Any ideas?

Does WFM count?  :-)  You can look through the code underneath it to find 
out what is causing the problem, but I think you will find that it is only 
random for every second that passes (i.e. you have to wait one second to 
get another random value). HTH,

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