Generating random strings with T-SQL

Question

If you wanted to generate a pseudorandom alphanumeric string using T-SQL, how would you do it? How would you exclude characters like dollar signs, dashes, and slashes from

Answer 1

it's very simply.use it and enjoy.

CREATE VIEW [dbo].[vwGetNewId]
AS
SELECT        NEWID() AS Id

Creat FUNCTION [dbo].[fnGenerateRandomString](@length INT = 8)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN

DECLARE @result CHAR(2000);

DECLARE @String VARCHAR(2000);

SET @String = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' + --lower letters
'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' + --upper letters
'1234567890'; --number characters

SELECT @result =
(
    SELECT TOP (@length)
           SUBSTRING(@String, 1 + number, 1) AS [text()]
    FROM master..spt_values
    WHERE number < DATALENGTH(@String)
          AND type = 'P'
    ORDER BY
(
    SELECT TOP 1 Id FROM dbo.vwGetNewId
)   --instead of using newid()
    FOR XML PATH('')
);

RETURN @result;

END;