Question

I need to build a quick feasibility test / proof-of-concept of a remote database for a client, that will be populated with mostly-typical Company and People data (names, addresses, etc); 150K records or so. The sample databases mentioned here were helpful:

Where can I find sample databases with common formatted data that I can use in multiple database engines?

…but, I’d like to be able to generate sample data like this easily on less-typical datasets as well. Anyone have any recommendations for off-the-shelf (or off-the-web) solutions?

Answer 1

For my specific need this time (which in this case was mostly ‘people’), I ended up going with Fake Name Generator’s 1 Million fake names CSV file for $25. Seemed the quickest/easiest route for the volume of data I needed. Worth checking out if your needs are similar:

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/order.php