2025-07-02
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Data Generation
Spoofing Data Convincingly: Text Data
Learn how to generate some convincing data for your development databases.
2021-01-05
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How to Complain Bitterly using SQL Data Generator
How to use reverse regex expressions in SQL Data Generator to fill a text column in SQL Server with fake, but very realistic complaints.
2020-01-16
Generating Test Data: Part 1 - Generating Random Integers and Floats
Learn how you can easily generate large amounts of test data efficiently in this new series from Jeff Moden. Part 1 covers integers and floating point values.
2012-03-26
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Question of the Day
Adding a Lot of Seconds
When does this code work and when does it fail?
DECLARE @BaseDate DATETIME = '1900-01-01'; SELECT DATEADD(SECOND, 2147483648, @BaseDate) AS [MaxIntSecondsAdded];See possible answers