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

You can generate INSERT or MERGE statement with this simple and free application I wrote a few years ago:
Data Script Writer (Desktop Application for Windows)

Also, I wrote a blog post about these tools recently and approach to leveraging SSDT for a deployment database with data. Find out more:
Script and deploy the data for database from SSDT project