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beansoftware
February 15th, 2004, 02:58 AM
Hi,

I need some MS Access database (or some other type) free for trying and using in demo application or in database programming tutorial, something like Northwind or pubs databases on MS SQL Server.

Does it exist some nice database free for use?
Andreas Masur
February 15th, 2004, 04:31 AM
MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/)

PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org/)
SolarFlare
February 15th, 2004, 09:34 AM
Originally posted by beansoftware
Hi,

I need some MS Access database (or some other type) free for trying and using in demo application or in database programming tutorial, something like Northwind or pubs databases on MS SQL Server.

Does it exist some nice database free for use?
A few free website services offer databases... they cause a lot of problems because free websites that offer a lot of features often have users that spam from them, so they are constantly closing down. You could search to see if there are any currently available.
beansoftware
February 15th, 2004, 09:54 AM
Originally posted by Andreas Masur

MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/)

PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org/)


Maybe I didn't explain well :) .

I need a data, not database engine. I want to make demo and tutorial of working with MS Access database. But I can't use empty .mdb file. So, I need some .mdb file with data, becuse I don't want to loose time writing records to that database. I need something like "pubs" database on MS SQL Server and free for use. Data could be about any subject (flowers, fruits, books, etc.), but without some copyright or licence so I can use it with my staff.
Andreas Masur
February 15th, 2004, 01:18 PM
Originally posted by beansoftware
Maybe I didn't explain well :) .

Well...maybe I didn't read well... :eek:

Sorry for the confusion...
Deniz
February 16th, 2004, 05:49 PM
Originally posted by beansoftware
I need a data, not database engine. ...... could be about any subject (flowers, fruits, books, etc.).....


Just write a dummy program which will loop through records a few thousand times putting in stuff like: "Book Category A" "Book 1" "Book 2" "Book 3" etc etc ad nauseaum


Or you can start typing now and have something really good by the end of next year :lol: