# generate\_random\_strings

Generates random string data.

```
SELECT * FROM TABLE(generate_random_strings(<num_strings>, <string_length>/)
```

#### Input Arguments

| Parameter         | Description                                 | Data Type |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| `<num_strings>`   | The number of strings to randomly generate. | BIGINT    |
| `<string_length>` | Length of the generated strings.            | BIGINT    |

#### Output Columns

| Name      | Description                                                      | Data Type                   |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| id        | Integer id of output, starting at 0 and increasing monotonically | Column\<BIGINT>             |
| rand\_str | Random String                                                    | Column\<TEXT ENCODING DICT> |

**Example**

```sql
heavysql> SELECT * FROM TABLE(generate_random_strings(10, 20);
id|rand_str
0 |He9UeknrGYIOxHzh5OZC
1 |Simnx7WQl1xRihLiH56u
2 |m5H1lBTOErpS8is00YJ
3 |eeDiNHfKzVQsSg0qHFS0
4 |JwOhUoQEI6Z0L78mj8jo
5 |kBTbSIMm25dvf64VMi
6 |W3lUUvC5ajm0W24JML
7 |XdtSQfdXQ85nvaIoyYUY
8 |iUTfGN5Jaj25LjGJhiRN
9 |72GUoTK2BzcBJVTgTGW
```