How to generate a range of numbers between two numbers?

Question

I have two numbers as input from the user, like for example 1000 and 1050.

How do I generate the numbers between these two numbers, using

Answer 1

The best option I have used is as follows:

DECLARE @min bigint, @max bigint
SELECT @Min=919859000000 ,@Max=919859999999

SELECT TOP (@Max-@Min+1) @Min-1+row_number() over(order by t1.number) as N
FROM master..spt_values t1 
    CROSS JOIN master..spt_values t2

I have generated millions of records using this and it works perfect.