Question

Im new to MySql, and I need to insert into table 10000 random 2-digit numbers. Is there Easy way to to this?

Answer 1

Try this:

DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE random_fill( IN cnt INT )
BEGIN

    fold: LOOP

         IF cnt < 1 THEN
             LEAVE fold;
         END IF;

        INSERT INTO foo ( bar ) VALUES ( 9 + CEIL( RAND() * 90 ) );

        SET cnt = cnt - 1;
    END LOOP fold;

END$$   
DELIMIMTER ;

To use this:

CALL random_fill(10000);

What you have to change is this line:

INSERT INTO foo ( bar ) VALUES ( CEIL( RAND() * higher ) );

Replace the foo and bar with something that exists in your database. It is possible to create a procedure, where the name of table and row are also supplied as parameters, but that would require to CONCAT the query on fly .. looks hack’ish and ugly.