I want to to create 5 string sequential data like
aaaaa
aaaab
aaaac
.... upto
zzzzx
zzzzy
zzzzz
Does sql have any function that would help me with sequential data generation?
Currently I have four digits sequential data, how can I make generate five digit sequential data?
What i have
aaaa
aaab
aaac
....upto
zzzx
zzzy
zzzz
I wrote the following procedure but it takes forever to complete.. can anybody help me rewrite the procedure or advise a different approch.
CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `new_procedure`()
BEGIN
DECLARE a INT Default 1 ;
DECLARE tran varchar(255) Default 'aaaa';
simple_loop: LOOP
SET a=a+1;
SET tran = (select fourth from m where idm=a);
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'a'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'b'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'c'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'d'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'e'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'f'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'g'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'h'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'i'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'j'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'k'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'l'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'m'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'n'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'o'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'p'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'q'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'r'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'s'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'t'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'u'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'v'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'w'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'x'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'y'));
Insert into test.qwe(zxc) values (CONCAT(tran,'z'));
IF a=1 THEN
LEAVE simple_loop;
END IF;
END LOOP simple_loop;
END
From scratch:
CREATE TABLE alpha (a CHAR(1) NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO alpha (a) VALUES
('a'), ('b'), ('c'), ('d'), ('e'), ('f'),
('g'), ('h'), ('i'), ('j'), ('k'), ('l'),
('m'), ('n'), ('o'), ('p'), ('q'), ('r'),
('s'), ('t'), ('u'), ('v'), ('w'), ('x'),
('y'), ('z');
CREATE TABLE qwe (zxc CHAR(5) NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO qwe (zxc)
SELECT CONCAT(a1.a, a2.a, a3.a, a4.a, a5.a)
FROM alpha a1, alpha a2, alpha a3, alpha a4, alpha a5;
If you already have all the strings of length 4 in a table, you can just join to alpha once and concatenate the values to generate all the strings of length 5. It's still going to take some time, no way around that.