python script that creates a ~250mb test db with 1mio records

tests/createtestdb.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import sys
+import os
+import random
+import string
+import sqlite3
+
+CREATE = """
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS hugetable (
+   id   INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+   weirdtext   TEXT,
+   crazynumber REAL
+);
+"""
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print("please specify the db filename")
+
+    with sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1]) as c:
+        c.executescript(CREATE)
+
+        rowcount = 1000000
+        for i in range(rowcount):
+            text = "".join( [random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for i in range(200)] )
+            num = random.random() * random.randint(0, 2930)
+            c.execute("INSERT INTO hugetable(weirdtext, crazynumber) VALUES ( :t, :n);", {"t": text, "n": num})
+            if i % 1000 == 0:
+                print("inserted", i, "of", rowcount)
+        c.commit()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()