Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> > Perhaps we can create a substantial test database? (Millions of records,
> > many tables, and a number of relations.) So when we see a problem, we
> > can all see it right away. I like "real world" data, because it is often
> > more organic than randomized test data, and brings out more issues. Take
> > index selection during a select, for instance.
>
> The regression database is such a beast, but is not large enough for the
> millions of records kinds of tests.
>
> Suggestions?
>
maybe the Tiger database. it's certainly big enough & freely
available. if you're not familiar with tiger, it's a street database
from the census department. you can find it at
ftp://ftp.linuxvc.com/pub/US-map. it's in plain text format, but
trivial to import. it's set up in several (at least a dozen tables)
which are heavily interrelated & sometimes in fairly complex ways.
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Jeff Hoffmann
PropertyKey.com