This article explains how to update a table column with random values from another (lookup) table in SQL Server.
For example, Country table has two columns CountryID, CountryName and UserInfo table has CountryID column. We will update UserInfo table with random CountryIDs from Country table.
Sometimes we need to convert one data type to another data type to map columns in sql server. You might not be allowed to change table structure directly. In this case you’ve to convert in your query or stored procedure. Suppose you’ve to convert money data-type to decimal for greater precision in calculation then you can do it easily using Cast or Convert methods.
Generally, We use SQL Where .. IN Statement to determine whether a specified value matches ANY value in a sub-query or a list. But sometimes we require to get data which have ALL specified values, not ANY value. In this post, we’ll see how to accomplish it. Let’s take an example, Consider following data in Orders table
Suppose you have to do a task repeatedly with different objects of database, for example, you have to generate code or stored procs of table in the specific format, you created your custom SQL script which takes table name and generate the code. But each time, you have to execute query and pass table name.
What’ll happen If you right click on the table and select your script to execute. It’ll save bunch of time as well as stop you getting irritated :) Let’s see how to do using SSMS Tools Pack.
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