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

Below are the way to Generate 4 Or 8 Characters Long Random Alphanumeric String in SQL

select LEFT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(36),NEWID()),4)+RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(36),NEWID()),4)

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 SELECT RIGHT(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(36),NEWID()),'-',''),8)