Question

I am using C# and sql server 2008,I need to select 10 random rows from one table and insert them to another table and I wanted to do this with cursor in sql server,but I have read a lot about disadvantages of cursor.Now I want to do this via C# code.Does anybody have a better suggestion?? thanks in advance

Answer 1

Idea from Select n random rows from SQL Server table

No cursors required:

Insert Into Table1
  (col1, col2)
Select Top 10
  col1, col2
From
  Table2
Order By
  NewID()