leaf_yxj <leaf_yxj@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Guys, I want to insert the random character data into tables for testing > purpose. > I created a table as follows : > > create table test ( id int, b char(100)); > > I need to insert 100000 rows into this table. I know how to insert > generate_series into coloumn ID. But I don't how to insert the Random > string data into column b. something like: test=# create table t_random as select s, md5(random()::text) from generate_Series(1,5) s; SELECT 5 Time: 163,624 ms test=*# select * from t_random ; s | md5 ---+---------------------------------- 1 | ef82dcb3e8465fa9a7494c569dfa093f 2 | ad6ae62bb4a49c7889aba0bfcba224ff 3 | 27717d30d8cf069b3129853d90ae5035 4 | 530c200678711a414e000c60e73286bd 5 | 2b2c3692da1b60760ff95d41cdf9b82d (5 rows) Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
