Win:

OK, here's a quick way to do it in Perl ... feel free to edit it into shape:

#/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI:
my $DBH=DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};"
        ."SERVER=XXXX; DATABASE=YYYY;","UID","PWD")
        or die $DBI::errstr;
$DBH->do(qq|

DECLARE @Number_of_government_regions INT  

SET @Number_of_government_regions = (SELECT 354)



if exists(select 1 from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables where table_name = '
+MyNumbers') DROP TABLE MyNumbers;

--MyNumbers

--===== Create and populate the Tally table on the fly 

 SELECT    TOP 1000
    IDENTITY(INT,1,1) AS Nums   
   INTO dbo.MyNumbers   
   FROM Master.dbo.SysColumns sc1, 
        Master.dbo.SysColumns sc2

--===== Add a Primary Key to maximize performance  

 ALTER TABLE dbo.MyNumbers    
    ADD CONSTRAINT PK_MyNumbers_N         
        PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (Nums) WITH FILLFACTOR = 100





INSERT INTO  Random_region_lookup_table_TEMP (Generation_number, Place
+_key)
SELECT n.Nums, r.Number_count
FROM MyNumbers n CROSS JOIN Region_lookup r 
WHERE n.Nums <= @Number_of_repeats
ORDER BY n.Nums, NEWID()



UPDATE Random_region_lookup_table_TEMP
SET Place_key = (Place_key)%354 + 1



INSERT INTO Random_region_lookup_table_TEMP (Generation_number, Place_
+key)
SELECT n.Nums, r.Number_count
FROM MyNumbers n CROSS JOIN Region_lookup r
ORDER BY n.Nums, NEWID()
|) or die $DBI::errstr;
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Heh ... hope this helps!

</snarky_mode>

...roboticus