Following script is a quick and easy way to generate 10000 numbers . You can change the number to generate howmany ever numbers you want.
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-06)
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Generate N numbers
WITH Number
AS (SELECT 1 AS n
UNION ALL
SELECT n + 1
FROM Number
WHERE n < 10000)
SELECT n
FROM Number
OPTION ( MAXRECURSION 10000 ); Related content
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