Monday, May 10, 2004

Test Data Propagation Woes

Have now wasted several hours downloading and evaluating SQL Test Data Generators.
The only one that actually 'worked' doesn't allow you to actually write the results to the DB. The results are held in memory where they can be viewed but you can't commit them to disk. The data LOOKS really good but its difficult to tell if all of the relationships are sound plus you don't know what disasters lurk in the facilities that actually do the writing to the db. It'll take some serious coin to find out, $1,600.

The product is GS Data Generator from Global Software Solutions

Two products that showed promised but ultimately failed miserably:

TurboData from Canam
Advanced Data Generator Pro Edition from Upscene Productions

I've gone back to creating the data by hand.

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