Optimizing Numbers Table Creation on SQL Server?

Question

Running SQL Server Express 2008. I created a "numbers table" for some utility functions. Since the table population is part of an automated build, this is taking an inordinate amount of time each time the thing is deployed.

At the risk of "over-optimizing", can anyone comment on how I can make this go as fast as possible? Maybe playing with the index fill factor or when the PK is created?

IF EXISTS (SELECT *  FROM dbo.sysobjects 
WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'Numbers') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
BEGIN
drop TABLE [Numbers]
end

CREATE TABLE [Numbers]
(
      [Number] [int]
    , CONSTRAINT [Index_Numbers] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
        (
            [number] ASC
        ) ON [PRIMARY]
) 
ON [PRIMARY]
Declare @cnt int
Select @cnt=0
SET NOCOUNT ON
while (@cnt<10000)
BEGIN
INSERT INTO NUMBERS(NUMBER) SELECT @cnt
SELECT @cnt=@cnt+1

end

Answer 1

SQL, Auxiliary table of numbers by Jeff Moden. This one was the fastest

--===== Itzik's CROSS JOINED CTE method
   WITH E00(N) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1),
        E02(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E00 a, E00 b),
        E04(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E02 a, E02 b),
        E08(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E04 a, E04 b),
        E16(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E08 a, E08 b),
        E32(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E16 a, E16 b),
   cteTally(N) AS (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY N) FROM E32)
 SELECT N
   INTO #Tally4
   FROM cteTally
  WHERE N <= 1000000;
GO