#!/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()