random items not sorted

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 2:48 PM Tom De Herdt <tom.deherdt at skynet.be> wrote: > > Hi, > > While doing some tests, I noticed an unexpected query result in Basex 9.6.3 (on Windows 10). > > This query: > > let $ids := for $i in 1 to 10 return random:uuid() > for $id in $ids > order by $id > return $id > > ... returns 10 UUIDs, but they are not sorted. > > Information from the Info pane in the GUI: > > Compiling: > - rewrite range expression to range sequence: (1 to 10) > - rewrite simple map to util:replicate(items,count[,multiple]): (1 to 10) ! random:uuid() -> util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true()) > - inline for $i_1 in (1 to 10) > - simplify FLWOR expression: util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true()) > - inline let $ids_0 := util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true()) > - rewrite fn:sort(items[,collation[,function]]) to util:replicate(items,count[,multiple]): sort(util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true())) -> util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true()) > - inline for $id_2 in util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true()) > - simplify FLWOR expression: util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true()) > Optimized Query: > util:replicate(random:uuid(), 10, true()) > > In Basex 9.3.2 (on another Windows machine) items are sorted alphabetically, as I would expect them to be – but I may be overlooking something. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Tom De Herdt