test_db (Employees Sample Database)
A sample MySQL database with an integrated test suite, used to test applications and database servers.
test_db is the Employees sample database referenced in the MySQL documentation, with a test suite that verifies the data loaded correctly. It requires MySQL 5.0 or later or PostgreSQL 12 or later, and it’s tested in CI against MySQL versions up to 9.6 and MariaDB 10.11, 11.4, and 12.1.
It’s maintained by Giuseppe Maxia (datacharmer) and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.
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