How to Generate Alphanumeric Random numbers using function in SQL Server 2008

Question

I need to generate alphanumeric random number with 6 character length and it should contain Numerics, Alphabets (Both Lowercase and Uppercase) check the query below.

I NEED TO IMPLEMENT IN FUNCTION. (In function is it possible to use NEWID(), RAND()).

SELECT SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(255), NEWID()),0,7)

Output:

23647D
06ABA9
542191
.
.
.

I Need Output as:

236m7D
3n64iD
6t4M7D
.
.
.

Maybe a CLR function would be in order. Sounds like it would be easier to do from C#. — Magnus, Nov 18 '14 at 10:42
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6934330/what-is-the-most-efficient-way-to-generate-8-character-random-alphanumeric-strin — mohan111, Nov 18 '14 at 10:43

Dinesh Reddy Alla · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-29T09:56:15.840

As in function we cannot use NEWID() OR RAND() first need to create VIEW

For Function

CREATE VIEW NewID as select newid() as new_id


DECLARE @new_id VARCHAR(255)


SELECT @new_id = new_id FROM newid


SELECT @Password = CAST((ABS(CHECKSUM(@new_id))%10) AS VARCHAR(1)) + 
CHAR(ASCII('a')+(ABS(CHECKSUM(@new_id))%25)) +
CHAR(ASCII('A')+(ABS(CHECKSUM(@new_id))%25)) +
LEFT(@new_id,3)


SELECT @PASSWORD

Output:

9eEF44
5uUFA2
7hHFA7
.
.
.

For Select Statement

DECLARE @new_id VARCHAR(200)

SELECT @new_id = NEWID()

SELECT CAST((ABS(CHECKSUM(@new_id))%10) AS VARCHAR(1)) + 
CHAR(ASCII('a')+(ABS(CHECKSUM(@new_id))%25)) +
CHAR(ASCII('A')+(ABS(CHECKSUM(@new_id))%25)) +
LEFT(@new_id,3)

Output:

0aAF3C
5pP3CE
2wW85E
.
.
.

Veera · Answer 2 · 2014-11-18T11:10:15.420

Try this:

 select cast((Abs(Checksum(NewId()))%10) as varchar(1)) + 
       char(ascii('a')+(Abs(Checksum(NewId()))%25)) +
       char(ascii('A')+(Abs(Checksum(NewId()))%25)) +
       left(newid(),5) Random_Number

Also,

    DECLARE @exclude varchar(50) 
    SET @exclude = '0:;<=>?@O[]`^\/'
    DECLARE @char char
    DECLARE @len char
    DECLARE @output varchar(50)
    set @output = ''
    set @len = 8

    while @len > 0 begin
       select @char = char(round(rand() * 74 + 48, 0))
       if charindex(@char, @exclude) = 0 begin
           set @output = @output + @char
           set @len = @len - 1
       end
    end

   SELECT @output

can be used.

I cannot use RAND() or NEWID() in function. – Dinesh Reddy Alla Nov 18 '14 at 12:36 — Dinesh Reddy Alla, Nov 18 '14 at 12:36

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 06 '15 at 15:31

An extension of Dinesh answer.

create view NewID  as select newid() as [newid] , RAND() as [rand]


CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GenerateRandomID]
(
@length as int
)
RETURNS   VARCHAR(32)
AS
BEGIN
declare @randIndex as int 
declare @randstring  as varchar(36)

select  @randIndex = CEILING( (30 - @length) * [rand]) , @randstring=   Replace(CONVERT (varchar(40) , [newid]) , '-','') from getNewID

-- Return the result of the function
RETURN SUBSTRING(@randstring,@randIndex, @length)

END

The way you are generating GUID you can generate random number.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 25 '20 at 07:13

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)

DECLARE @chars NCHAR(36)

SET @chars = N’0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ’

DECLARE @result NCHAR(5)

SET @result = SUBSTRING(@chars, CAST((RAND() * LEN(@chars)) AS INT) + 1, 1)
+ SUBSTRING(@chars, CAST((RAND() * LEN(@chars)) AS INT) + 1, 1)
+ SUBSTRING(@chars, CAST((RAND() * LEN(@chars)) AS INT) + 1, 1)
+ SUBSTRING(@chars, CAST((RAND() * LEN(@chars)) AS INT) + 1, 1)
+ SUBSTRING(@chars, CAST((RAND() * LEN(@chars)) AS INT) + 1, 1)

SELECT @result

How to Generate Alphanumeric Random numbers using function in SQL Server 2008

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