Comments on: Generate a string of any size http://awads.net/wp/2005/10/18/generate-a-string-of-any-size/ News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle and other fun stuff Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: OraQA » Blog Archive » How to generate a histogram using SQL http://awads.net/wp/2005/10/18/generate-a-string-of-any-size/#comment-2023 OraQA » Blog Archive » How to generate a histogram using SQL Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:04:57 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=143#comment-2023 <p>[...] Read more about generating strings here and here. [...]</p> […] Read more about generating strings here and here. […]

]]> By: More on Generating Strings | Eddie Awad's Blog http://awads.net/wp/2005/10/18/generate-a-string-of-any-size/#comment-436 More on Generating Strings | Eddie Awad's Blog Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:10:38 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=143#comment-436 <p>[...] A while ago I blogged about how you could use the rpad function to generate a string of any length. Kristian suggested another way to do it, using the dbms_random.string function. In this post, I will write about what I have noticed when using the two approaches. [...]</p> […] A while ago I blogged about how you could use the rpad function to generate a string of any length. Kristian suggested another way to do it, using the dbms_random.string function. In this post, I will write about what I have noticed when using the two approaches. […]

]]> By: Eddie Awad http://awads.net/wp/2005/10/18/generate-a-string-of-any-size/#comment-249 Eddie Awad Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:49:06 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=143#comment-249 <p>Kristian, your query works as well. Thanks for this great tip.</p> Kristian, your query works as well. Thanks for this great tip.

]]> By: Kristian Myllymäki http://awads.net/wp/2005/10/18/generate-a-string-of-any-size/#comment-248 Kristian Myllymäki Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:50:31 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=143#comment-248 <p>Have you tried</p> <pre>select dbms_random.string(NULL,10) from dual;</pre> <p>The second argument specifies the length of the string. The first one specifies some string options, but I haven't researched that any deeper.</p> <p>/Kristian</p> Have you tried

select dbms_random.string(NULL,10) from dual;

The second argument specifies the length of the string. The first one specifies some string options, but I haven’t researched that any deeper.

/Kristian

]]> By: Tom_Fox http://awads.net/wp/2005/10/18/generate-a-string-of-any-size/#comment-227 Tom_Fox Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:24:14 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=143#comment-227 <p>It's always these types of things that trouble me. Good show!</p> It’s always these types of things that trouble me. Good show!

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