INF: Creating & Filling a Table with Sample Data in SQL Server

Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q61793

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2

If you need to have a table with a large amount of data for running a test, you can use the following control flow language to create and fill a table for this purpose. The table, "x", is defined with the following command:

   create table x (a char(30),b int)

Sample Code

declare @count int select @count=0 while @count<1000 begin select @count=@count+1 insert x values( convert(char(30),@count) , @count) end

Additional query words: Transact-SQL
Keywords : kbusage SSrvServer
Version : 4.2
Platform : OS/2

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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