I wish to alter the following Perl code so that the random numbers generated are only processed when the number is within a group of numbers returned with the SQL statement 
SELECT DISTINCT Number_count FROM Region_lookup_for_eligible_regions

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How do I best do that? 

sub random_subset_X {
  my ($n, $k) = @_; # $n is no. of regions, $k no. of replicates
  my %member;
  while ($k > 0) {
    my $x = int(rand()*$n)+1; # generates random number 1..$n.
    redo if $member{$x};
    $member{$x} = 1;  
  } continue {
    $k--;
  }
  sort keys %member;
}

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The bit of code that activates this sub is: 

  my $sth_insert_into_random = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO Random_regio
+n_lookup_table_TEMP (Generation_number, Place_key) VALUES (?,?)");

  my $nregions = $number_of_gov_regions;  

  my %seen;
  
  for my $generation (1..$number_of_replicates) {
    my @members = random_subset_X($nregions, $number_of_replicates); #
+ 5 element subsets, e.g.
    my $key = join(" ", @members); # note: members already sorted
    redo if $seen{$key}; # make sure the subsets are unique
    $seen{$key} = 1;
    print "\n\nI'm about to enter the insert subset subroutine\n\n";
    insert_subset($sth_insert_into_random, $generation, @members);
  }

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