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Re: Re: How to insert random character data into tables for testing purpose. THanks.

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On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 11:03:47AM -0700, leaf_yxj wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> I tried those following , they work.
> 
> 1) insert into test values ( generate_series(1,100000000000),
> md5(random()::text));
> 
> 
> 2) create table t_random as select s, md5(random()::text) from
> generate_Series(1,5) s;

Here is a method that generates strings with a little more variability:

	SELECT
        (
                SELECT string_agg(x, '')
                FROM (
                        SELECT chr(ascii('A') + (random() * 25)::integer)
			-- reference 'b' so it is correlated and re-evaluated
                        FROM generate_series(1, 40 + b * 0)
                ) AS y(x)
        )
	FROM generate_series(1,5) as a(b);
	
	                string_agg
	------------------------------------------
	 JWNRUIEPJQGDVBXDJDTROFSNMKGVNAQWWEORMSHV
	 KNYGOWJXBEPOJICURIQGIIDFMRXYLFUUSTCIRLGR
	 PVHXEITVQKBZREFEVDDHHYCASEIKPOCFJJDNRWJJ
	 HKIYONDLQGSXFUXXZGHPUKUESXRLUATBLCAAPDLG
	 JEENYCLYISODDIGWGXHBYCCJECJTFUAOYECXGNWO
	(5 rows)

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