Re: [PHP] Good source for sample data?

2010-01-30 Thread tedd
At 3:08 PM -0800 1/29/10, Brian Dunning wrote: Thanks for the suggestions but I couldn't find any that suited my needs, so I made my own. Feel free to download if you can use them, I made files with up to a million unique records. Name, Company, Address, Phone, Email, etc., all are fake but

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Mark Goodge
On 29/01/2010 03:18, John Meyer wrote: If I may recommend: http://www.generatedata.com/#download That's brilliant. The only minor issue is that, at least for UK data, it won't validate for mapping purposes - the postcodes are syntactically correct, but non-existent. I don't know if it would

RE: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Jerry Schwartz
: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:20 PM To: Brian Dunning Cc: php-gene...@lists.php.net; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Good source for sample data? Brian Dunning wrote: Hey all - I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address, email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hello Brian, We have a tool that can generate these kind of data, if you want real data (like the ZIP-codes), you can supply it yourself and use non-existent company names and al. Have a look at www.upscene.com and go to Advanced Data Generator. With regards, Martijn Tonies Upscene

RE: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Jerry Schwartz
That's brilliant. The only minor issue is that, at least for UK data, it won't validate for mapping purposes - the postcodes are syntactically correct, but non-existent. I don't know if it would have the same problem for US or Canadian data. [JS] Sorry, my suggestion won't work either: I didn't

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Mark Goodge
On 29/01/2010 15:20, Jerry Schwartz wrote: That's brilliant. The only minor issue is that, at least for UK data, it won't validate for mapping purposes - the postcodes are syntactically correct, but non-existent. I don't know if it would have the same problem for US or Canadian data. [JS]

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Martijn Tonies
I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address, email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area codes and street addresses should be correct and properly formatted, but preferably not real people or companies or email addresses. But they'd work if you did address validation or

RE: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Jerry Schwartz
-Original Message- From: Mark Goodge [mailto:m...@good-stuff.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:32 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Good source for sample data? On 29/01/2010 15:20, Jerry Schwartz wrote: snip [JS] Sorry, my suggestion won't work either: I didn't notice

Re: [PHP] Good source for sample data?

2010-01-29 Thread Brian Dunning
Thanks for the suggestions but I couldn't find any that suited my needs, so I made my own. Feel free to download if you can use them, I made files with up to a million unique records. Name, Company, Address, Phone, Email, etc., all are fake but are real addresses with correct area codes, zips,

Good source for sample data?

2010-01-28 Thread Brian Dunning
Hey all - I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address, email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area codes and street addresses should be correct and properly formatted, but preferably not real people or companies or email addresses. But they'd work if you did address

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-28 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Brian Dunning wrote: Hey all - I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address, email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area codes and street addresses should be correct and properly formatted, but preferably not real people or companies or email addresses. But they'd

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-28 Thread John Meyer
On 1/28/2010 4:52 PM, Brian Dunning wrote: Hey all - I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address, email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area codes and street addresses should be correct and properly formatted, but preferably not real people or companies or email

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-28 Thread Nathan Rixham
Brian Dunning wrote: Hey all - I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address, email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area codes and street addresses should be correct and properly formatted, but preferably not real people or companies or email addresses. But they'd

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-28 Thread Carlos Proal
Google for data generator, there are free and commercial solutions available. Carlos On 1/28/2010 5:52 PM, Brian Dunning wrote: Hey all - I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address, email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area codes and street addresses should be

Re: Good source for sample data?

2010-01-28 Thread John Meyer
If I may recommend: http://www.generatedata.com/#download On 1/28/2010 8:11 PM, Carlos Proal wrote: Google for data generator, there are free and commercial solutions available. Carlos On 1/28/2010 5:52 PM, Brian Dunning wrote: Hey all - I need a few million sample contact records - name,

Re: [PHP] Good source for sample data?

2010-01-28 Thread TG
of these, but once again.. Google is your friend. -TG - Original Message - From: Brian Dunning br...@briandunning.com To: php-gene...@lists.php.net, mysql@lists.mysql.com Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:52:41 -0800 Subject: [PHP] Good source for sample data? Hey all - I need a few million