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Need a SQL Server database with huge volume of data for big data practice
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Surendiran Balasubramanian
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Friends need need a SQL Server database with huge volume of data for big data practice.
Adventureworks is not big enough. Need some transactional system database for practice. Please help
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KalyanChanumolu-MSFT 8,351 Reputation points2020-08-25T04:29:37.613+00:00 @Surendiran Balasubramanian Just checking in to see if the answer(s) helped.
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Dan Guzman 9,401 Reputation points2020-08-22T20:49:08.43+00:00 Large versions of the AdventureWorks sample databases (AdventureWorks2016_EXT.bak and AdventureWorks2016DW_EXT.bak) are available for download from this github project.
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tackytechtom 1 Reputation point MVP2022-01-22T11:16:07.127+00:00 If you are using Azure SQL Database and you are not satisfied with the amount of data from the provided sample, here is a guide on how to use the full version of AdventureWorks (instead of the lightweight version):
https://www.tackytech.blog/how-to-add-adventureworks-sample-to-azure-sql-database/