-- * inclusive bounds of `smallint` range from https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/datatype-numeric.html -- * built-in `random` function has `VOLATILE` and `PARALLEL RESTRICTED` according to: -- * https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/parallel-safety.html#PARALLEL-LABELING -- * https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/xfunc-volatility.html CREATE FUNCTION random_smallint () RETURNS smallint LANGUAGE sql VOLATILE PARALLEL RESTRICTED RETURN -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1400505/generate-a-random-number-in-the-range-1-10/1400752#1400752 -- (65536 = exclusive upper bound - inclusive lower bound) trunc ((random() * (65536)) - 32768 ); ALTER TABLE community ADD COLUMN random_number smallint NOT NULL DEFAULT random_smallint (); CREATE INDEX idx_community_random_number ON community (random_number) INCLUDE (local, nsfw) WHERE NOT (deleted OR removed OR visibility = 'Private');