I have come across a utility that might come very handy when it comes to creating sample sets of data to go with openpetra.
generatedata.com
This is what friedbeef.com/how-to-generat ... ally-fast/ has to say about it.
"Need to populate a database with some dummy figures? Here’s perhaps the fastest way you’ll be able to do this.
GenerateData.com is a free service which quickly generate large volumes of custom data in a variety of formats (eg. Excel, CSV, SQL, HTML). What I like most about GenerateData.com it is you can choose the type of data to generate, for example – phone numbers, email, names etc. Everything just gets neatly generated based on whatever you select and it really saves time trying to come up with quality dummy data.
Also, if you want this service to run on own server (in case you need to run some heavy duty data generation), the script is open and available for download on the site – for FREE."
The online web generator is limited to data sets of up to 200 but a donation can change that limit for online use and the generator can of course be downloaded and run locally. Note: It is trivial to make this generator also create sample gifts or donations for example.
