What is the best way to auto-generate INSERT statements for a SQL Server table?

Question

We are writing a new application, and while testing, we will need a bunch of dummy data. I\'ve added that data by using MS Access to dump excel files into the relevant table

Answer 1

I use sqlite to do this. I find it very, very useful for creating scratch/test databases.

sqlite3 foo.sqlite .dump > foo_as_a_bunch_of_inserts.sql