Random Number in the Transformation File

Hi All,
I need to send a random number while mapping from one xsd to other in the xsl file . The random number should be alpha numeric with 5 chartacters. I tried using generate-guid() but it generates 32 characters. How do u i shrink this to 5 characters and still get a random value?
Thanks
MJ

Just to add,
the above mentioned function does not generate integers. For that u need to truncate the output of random to integer as below
SELECT TRUNC(dbms_random.value(10000, 99999)) FROM dual;
Edited by: Marius J on Sep 15, 2009 1:33 AM

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