From: | Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Jasen Betts <jasen(at)xnet(dot)co(dot)nz> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Greetings folks, dumb question maybe? |
Date: | 2010-05-13 12:37:56 |
Message-ID: | 4bebf2ae.1249650a.19f4.2ea8@mx.google.com |
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:09:51AM +0000, Jasen Betts wrote:
> On 2010-05-12, Josh <jgooding(at)ttitech(dot)net> wrote:
> don't need a function for that one.
>
> INSERT INTO unpart_tbl_test
> SELECT GENERATE_SERIES(0,9999999),
> 'teststring data',
> date '1995-01-01' +(floor(random()*36520)::int % 3652);
...and if you'd rather it were a function anyway, do this:
CREATE FUNCTION populate_table() RETURNS VOID AS $$
INSERT INTO unpart_tbl_test
SELECT GENERATE_SERIES(0,9999999),
'teststring data',
date '1995-01-01' +(floor(random()*36520)::int % 3652);
$$ LANGUAGE SQL;
--
Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com
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