e for each of them, order them, and finally will apply the LIMIT
clause.

Examples
--------

CREATE TABLE t (i INT);

INSERT INTO t VALUES(1),(2),(3);

SELECT i, RAND() FROM t;
+------+-------------------+
| i    | RAND()            |
+------+-------------------+
|    1 | 0.255651095188829 |
|    2 | 0.833920199269355 |
|    3 |  0.40264774151393 |
+------+-------------------+

SELECT i, RAND(3) FROM t;
+------+-------------------+
| i    | RAND(3)           |
+------+-------------------+
|    1 |  0.90576975597606 |
|    2 | 0.373079058130345 |
|    3 | 0.148086053457191 |
+------+-------------------+

SELECT i, RAND() FROM t;
+------+-------------------+
| i    | RAND()            |
+------+-------------------+
|    1 | 0.511478140495232 |
|    2 | 0.349447508668012 |
|    3 | 0.212803152588013 |
+------+-------------------+

Using the same seed, the same sequence will be returned:

SELECT i, RAND(3) FROM t;
+------+-------------------+
| i    | RAND(3)           |
+------+-------------------+
|    1 |  0.90576975597606 |
|    2 | 0.373079058130345 |
|    3 | 0.148086053457191 |
+------+-------------------+

Generating a random number from 5 to 15:

SELECT FLOOR(5 + (RAND() * 11));

URL: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/rand/https://mariadb.com/kb/en/rand/