Re: Generating sample data

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Steve Crawford <
scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com> wrote:

> You could start here:
> http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/tools/open-source-test-data-
> generators/
>
> I have rolled my own on occasion by just pulling some public lists of most
> common given names and family names and toing a full-join. Same for city,
> streets, etc.
>
> -Steve
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> My previous databases used real client (or my own) data; now I want to
>> generate sample data for the tables in the two applications I'm
>> developing.
>> My web search finds a bunch of pricey (IMO) commercial products.
>>
>> Are there any open source data generators that can provide sample data
>> based on each table's schema?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>>
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Sorry, "doing" a full-join. Which also leads to lots of fun cross-cultural
names like "Muhammad Wang" and "Santiago O'Leary".

Cheers,
Steve