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Query to generate a number of English names for data mocking
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/* | |
The referenced views (which could also be tables) are one-column views | |
(or tables) that contain instances of the particular type of name. For | |
[EnglishMaleFirstNameView] and [EnglishFemaleFirstNameView], the one | |
column must be named [Name]. For [EnglishSurnamePrefixView], the one | |
column must be named [Prefix]. This view can contain surnames that would | |
otherwise stand alone. For [EnglishSurnameSufffixView], the one column | |
must be named [Suffix]. Each element of this list must not be | |
capitalized. This list should contain an empty string element so that | |
the prefix can stand alone. Examples of each of these views are | |
elsewhere in this repository. | |
*/ | |
SELECT | |
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY pre.[Prefix],suf.[Suffix],firstNames.[FirstName]) AS [Ordinal], | |
firstNames.[Gender], | |
firstNames.[FirstName], | |
pre.[Prefix]+suf.[Suffix] AS [Surname] | |
FROM ( | |
SELECT [Name] AS [FirstName],'m' AS [Gender] FROM [EnglishMaleFirstNameView] | |
UNION | |
SELECT [Name] AS [FirstName],'f' AS [Gender] FROM [EnglishFemaleFirstNameView] | |
) firstNames | |
CROSS JOIN ( | |
SELECT [Name] AS [Prefix] FROM [EnglishMaleFirstNameView] | |
UNION | |
SELECT [Name] AS [Prefix] FROM [EnglishFemaleFirstNameView] | |
UNION | |
SELECT [Prefix] FROM [EnglishSurnamePrefixView] | |
) pre | |
CROSS JOIN [EnglishSurnameSuffixView] suf |
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