List of data generators?

Dave60103

Could you include a simple list of generators in the online documentation?
I am fighting a rear guard action against decision makers with little DB experience who want to use the Python Faker library rather than Data Generator.
The Red-Gate Data Generator ability to respect foreign keys should have been the winning argument but we live in strange times and stranger decisions.

Dave60103

Thanks Steve, I was thinking more on the lines of the pre-canned patterns under the headings

• Personal
• Geographical
• Shopping
• Payment

I have the full list now and am using it to build my POC.
The POC is to use Red-Gate data generator to populate SQL2017 Express on Linux as a component to provide test data for other non-Microsoft systems.

way0utwest

I've passed along the request. The list is:

CSV - Use values in a CSV as random values
File Import - Import files into a column, useful for images or BLOB values
File List - Import values from a text file.
Python script - Generate data using a Python script
Regexp - Generate values with a regular expression
Simple expression - One line expression that selects from another table, a Python function or a C# DateTime method
SQL Statement - Use a SELECT statement to return data
SQL FK - Use a column in another table as a FK
SQL defaults - use the default for a column
Text Shuffler - random shuffle of text you enter
Weighted List - list of values weighted by a ratio