title: How do I return random numbers as a column in SQL Server 2005?
body: <p>I'm running a SQL query on SQL Server 2005, and in addition to 2 columns being queried from the database, I'd also like to return 1 column of random numbers along with them. I tried this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>select column1, column2, floor(rand() * 10000) as column3 
  from table1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which kinda works, but the problem is that this query returns the same random number on every row. It's a different number each time you run the query, but it doesn't vary from row to row. How can I do this and get a new random number for each row?</p>