This post will explore various techniques to retrieve random rows in SQL Server and analyze their performance and randomness characteristics in depth.
SQL SERVER – Selecting Random n Rows from a Table
Every day I spend a good amount of time with different customers helping them with SQL Server Performance Tuning issues. Today we will discuss the question asked by a developer at the organization where I was engaged in Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. The developers wanted to know if there is any way he can randomly select n rows from a table.
SQL SERVER – Simple Method to Generate Fixed Digit OTP Code Using Random Function
One of my blog readers sent me the following mail after reading my earlier blog posts about Random Function and OTP Code. Before you read the email, you can read those blog posts here, here, and here.
SQL SERVER – How to Generate Random Password? – Enhanced Version – Part 2
I have previously written about Random Password before in the blog posts here, here and here. This blog is sent by James Curran, who has created the following generate random password stored procedure keeping the base of the original solution of Tim Cartwright. Thanks to both of this individual SQL Server Expert who has helped me to come up with a more robust solution for a random password.
SQL SERVER – How to Generate Random Password? – Enhanced Version
Earlier last month, I posted an interview question – How to Generate Random Passwords in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #181. Though, my efforts were honest my answer was not complete in that blog post. Thankfully, SQL Server Expert Tim Cartwright noticed the error in the blog post and decided to send me to follow up email with the accurate script to generate a random password.
How to Generate Random Password in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #181
Question: How to Generate Random Password in SQL Server?
Answer: This is a fantastic question and here is the script to generate a random password in SQL Server
How to Get Random Records from Table? – Interview Question of the Week #105
Question: How to Get Random Records from Table?