Alternatives to Northwind

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Well, what alternative sample databases exist that have:

I'm not too fussed what server type (MSSQL, SQLite, MySQL, etc.) the db is designed for.

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score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '10 at 11:35

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How about

answered Jan 20 '10 at 11:35

Adriaan Stander

Lot's of good answers, but using a simple sql script to create the db and populate it is the nicest cross platform solution for our environment. – grenade Jan 25 '10 at 16:23

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 20 '10 at 11:36

Microsoft do another set of sample databases called AdventureWorks (these are often used in MS courses). They canbe downloaded from here for SQL 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e719ecf7-9f46-4312-af89-6ad8702e4e6e&displaylang=en#Overview.

I'm not sure how much sample data is shipped with it though!

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 20 '10 at 11:34

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i love AdventureWorks, there's also a diagram available

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 20 '10 at 11:35

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Here are some MS sample databases from CodePlex, called AdventureWorks.

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Oded

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