Test Data Generator is any tool which creates random and/or large quantities data for testing purposes. (Sometimes you don't want pure randomness.)

Important points:
* generated data should look as ''real'' as possible
* TestDatabase should be populated with massive amount of data


Some tools:
* Mockaroo - cloud-based JSON and CSV generator http://www.mockaroo.com
* DataGenerator - http://finraos.github.io/DataGenerator/ [Free java library designed to produce "big data" with tool assured scenario coverage]
* MockupData - http://MockupData.com
* dbMonster
* GEDIS Studio - Online test data generator http://www.gedis-studio.com
* TeDaGen - http://www.tedagen.com
* DataTect - http://www.datatect.com 
* RandomData
* TurboData - http://www.turbodata.ca
* Datanamic Data Generator - http://www.datanamic.com/datagenerator/index.html
* TestData
* DataFactory
* TDGEN
* RowGen
* DTM Data Generator - http://www.sqledit.com/dg
* MySQL Datagenerator - http://mysql-datagenerator.nl/  (only $14 : http://codecanyon.net/item/mysql-datagenerator/5315175/?ref=wolberspl)
* Flat File Generator - http://www.sqledit.com/filegenerator  
* Online Test Data Generators - http://www.dataconstructor.com
* Intersystems Cache Populate - http://docs.intersystems.com/cache20102/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=GOBJ_populate
* Test JSON file generator - http://www.sqledit.com/jsongenerator 
* forSQL Data Generator - http://forsql.com/
* Test XML generator - http://www.sqledit.com/xmlgenerator
* Dummy JSON - https://www.npmjs.org/package/dummy-json

CartesianJoin''''''s are sometimes useful for generating test data. They are one of the few uses I've actually found for cartesians, other than inadvertantly crashing the RDBMS.
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I built one once to 'randomly' generate XML documents from detailed XML schemas. -- JonGrover

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