What is the best way to auto-generate INSERT statements for a SQL Server table?

Question

We are writing a new application, and while testing, we will need a bunch of dummy data. I\'ve added that data by using MS Access to dump excel files into the relevant table

Answer 1

GenerateData is an amazing tool for this. It's also very easy to make tweaks to it because the source code is available to you. A few nice features:

• Name generator for peoples names and places
• Ability to save Generation profile (after it is downloaded and set up locally)
• Ability to customize and manipulate the generation through scripts
• Many different outputs (CSV, Javascript, JSON, etc.) for the data (in case you need to test the set in different environments and want to skip the database access)
• Free. But consider donating if you find the software useful :).