How To Create a Testing Table with Test Data in SQL Server?

If you want to practice DML statements, like INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements, you should create a testing table. The tutorial exercise shows you a good example:

CREATE TABLE fyi_links (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
  url VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,
  notes VARCHAR(1024),
  counts INT,
  created DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT(getdate()))
GO

SELECT c.column_id as seq, c.name, x.name as type, 
      c.max_length, c.is_nullable
   FROM sys.columns c, sys.tables t, sys.systypes x
   WHERE c.object_id = t.object_id
   AND c.system_type_id = x.xtype
   AND t.name = 'fyi_links'
   ORDER BY c.column_id
GO
seq  name     type      max_length  is_nullable
1    id       int       4           0
2    url      varchar   80          0
3    notes    varchar   1024        1
4    counts   int       4           1
5    created  datetime  8           0

You should keep this table to practice other tutorial exercises presented in this collection.

⇒Using INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE Statements in SQL Server

⇒⇒SQL Server Database Tutorials