DBA's are often faced with scenarios where they have to generate test data for developers.
Let's say you have a test database with no values in a certain field. Using DBMS_RANDOM, you can just generate them on your own.
Example:
Refer the table structure in my previous post. Let's say I don't have any values for Medication. My code values for Medication are 4 digits and range from 0001 to 0100.
These are some ways I would add data for these columns:
Let's say I now need to set a few of them to '-1', which is the code for missing data. Here is a great way to do it:
Pick any random value from some other field and use it to assign values to this one.
What if you had to generate all the data by yourself? It's not a big deal. Here are some tips:
Generate Time with AM/PM:
Random date:
One digit value with range:
A random string with specific length:
Generate a random end date when start date is provided:
Date of birth to Age calculation:
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