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

ID: Q61793

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server versions 4.2x, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0

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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