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  • November 22, 2009 at 3:51 pm

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    Dave Ballantyne (11/22/2009)

    Here's another method (requires 2005+)

    http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/sqlandthelike/archive/2009/08/27/a-faster-tsql-random-length-random-string-generator.aspx

    Heh... I always have to laugh at articles like that... they talk about performance and "better" ways to do things but they all end up making the same horrible error that almost immediately discredits what ever they have to say whether it be good or bad... they use a bloody While Loop to gen the numbers table they're getting ready to use. 😉

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