So this seems like something that should be easy. But say I had an insert:
x
insert into TABLE VALUES ('OP','OP_DETAIL','OP_X')
and I wanted X to go from 1-100. (Knowing there are some of those numbers that already exist, so if the insert fails I want it to keep going)
how would I do such a thing?
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Answer
Here’s a slightly faster way
-- techniques from Jeff Moden and Itzik Ben-Gan:
;WITH E00(N) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1),
E02(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E00 a, E00 b),
E04(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E02 a, E02 b),
E08(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E04 a, E04 b),
cteTally(N) AS (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY N) FROM E08)
INSERT INTO yourTable
SELECT 'OP','OP_DETAIL','OP_' + CAST(N AS varchar)
FROM cteTally
WHERE N <= 100