Tools for Generating Mock Data? [closed]

Question

Take a look at databene benerator, a test data generator that looks close to your requirements.

• it can generate data for an existing table definition (or even anonymize production data)
• it can generate larges data set (unlimited size)
• it supports various input (CSV, Flat Files, DBUnit) and output format (CSV, Flat Files, DBUnit, XML, Excel, Scripts)
• it can be used on the command line or through a maven plugin
• it's open source and customizable

I would give it a try.

BTW, a list of similar products is available on databene benerator's web site.

This looks quite promising: generatedata.com. Open-source, has lots of built-in data types.

There are several others listed here: Test (Sample) Data Generators. I don't have experience with any of them, but a few on that list look like they could be pretty decent.

Try http://www.mockaroo.com

This is a tool my company made to help test our own applications. We've made it free for anyone to use. It's basically the Forgery ruby gem with a web app wrapped around it. You can generate data in CSV, txt, or SQL formats. Hope this helps.

I know you said you were looking for a free tool, but this is one case where I would suggest that spending $295 will pay you back quickly in time saved. I've been using the RedGate tool SQL Data Generator for the last year and it is, to be short, an awesome tool. It allows for setting dependencies between columns, generates realistic data for business objects such as phone numbers, urls, names, etc. I can honestly state that this tool has paid for itself time and time again.