Every now and again I will need to create multiple rows of dummy data for whatever reason. The following will generate 10 rows that contain the rownumber and a random 10 character lowercase string:
select rownum, dbms_random.string('l',10) rand_string
from dual
connect by level <= 10;
Output:
ROWNUM RAND_STRING 1 ppwuuixwuj 2 icvidoofrl 3 hxkodzcdji 4 qzvbgmdwpj 5 hnurrfeqtd 6 qlzfdspyxe 7 qnwplopyes 8 yvtlczdofw 9 csojntrkze 10 ruklzscjqv
A handy little function for quickly grabbing information about where code is running / who is running it.
Common Uses:
Current User Name:
sys_context('USERENV', 'CURRENT_USER');
Current User SID:
sys_context('USERENV', 'CURRENT_USERID');
Database Name (from Init Param):
sys_context('USERENV', 'DB_NAME');
More info can be found in the documentation
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