Lorem Ipsum (Test String) Generator

[Update: 2012-12-26] The original link below now times out, but this new one works great: http://www.ipsum-generator.com/. I generated a 5,000-word string to use in a test script.

I am working on building test data for a large client and wanted to have strings that were not just 'x' 100 times or something like that.

I used the "Lorem Ipsum Generator" here. It allowed me to build non-repeating strings. Here are a few examples with the choices available:

Generate 25 Words
[Checked] Begin text with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
All other defaults

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet phasellus velit placerat nam. Leo cubilia libero. Aliquam ut gravida congue non et. Lectus volutpat justo. Penatibus lectus urna wisi.

Generate 50 Words
[Unchecked] Begin text with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
All other defaults

Pharetra est scelerisque. Dolor et augue integer et non volutpat maecenas consequat id malesuada turpis. Vestibulum habitasse maecenas quis ultricies vestibulum arcu augue orci. Duis sed non vel mi lacus. Et commodo ac morbi semper commodo. Consequat pretium in. Nulla suscipit tincidunt. Diam id ut. A iaculis enim suspendisse cras.

It's a simple tool, but it creates nice strings.

What Goes Around Comes Around

My time at WebMD Health Services will come to a close at the end of this week. I am returning to Fiserv as the Data Architect for the development team in Hillsboro.

I am very excited about the new opportunity and look forward to the new challenges.

Second Teradata Article Published

My second Teradata article has been published: Exploring Teradata 13's PERIOD Functions.

It is the follow-up to Exploring Teradata 13's PERIOD Data Type.

The article is quite long (12 printed pages) and took a long time to write, but I'm pleased with the outcome.

The "Other" Persistence of Vision

Today marks the opening of my blog at Teradata Developer Exchange. I've named it Persistence of Vision just like this one, but now I will keep this one focused on SQL Server and put anything specific to Teradata in the other blog.

My first post is Detecting a Broken Prior Value/New Value Chain, which I plan to post here also but with SQL Server code.