TestDataGen | Library and maybe GUI project for test data generation

TestDataGen is a C# library. TestDataGen has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

There are several test data generator apps for SQL Server -- Red Gate, ApexSQL, and DevArt have tools that come to mind. I actually bought the Red Gate app. I did not try the ApexSQL app if I recall, but my problem with Red Gate's tool was that although you could do random foreign key lookups, you couldn't put a filter or predicate on those lookups. This is important in multi-tenant systems where foreign key values must be consistent within a certain customer "partition." In other words, you can't have foreign key values that cross customer boundaries. I have not seen that as a feature in any of the apps I looked at, so that's something I wanted to address. This repo is just my baby steps towards a test data generator app for SQL Server. There is no user interface yet, just some low-level randomization and data access methods. I am not positive that I want to to build a GUI at all -- right now I'm just exploring feasibility. Here's an example I used today (6/8/17) that generated 100 random "customer" records via an MVC action. Although my example uses the Postulate SaveMultiple method to save the data, this library has no dependence on Postulate. Here's a link to the Generate method in this library that does the actual work. Also, note the Random method. There are a couple overloads of it (as well as a RandomWeighted method). This is what supplies individual random values to a property when generating a random object.