jvaldes writes:
>        I'm writing a COBOL program that will select a random sample of
> employees.

Down-sizing or drug testing?

> Does anyone know of a random number generator function that
> will allow me to pick employees using employee id and date of birth?

I'd just extract them all into a list and use ordinary random numbers to
pick elements from the list.

> The selection should change from year to year.

Just save this year's list and check next year's selections against it
to eliminate duplicates.

G.