[AccessD] Northwinds Isn't "cutting it"

Darn, it dies with a message

Cannot open database "". It may not be a database that your application recognizes, or the file may be corrupt.

I lost a coupla hours on this baby. Boo hoo.

Any recommendations, or shall I scrap the idea? Sounds like too much data anyway.

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Benson, William (GE Global Research, consultant)
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:03 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Northwinds Isn't "cutting it"


Hi I am looking for some interesting (non-proprietary) data to demonstrate an add-in I built, which is designed to reorder / rename / Reduce data columns, as well as filter data. 

I am trying to prepare some demos, but I do not have any interesting source data. Most of the data I do have, belongs to a client (I am not going there!).

The demo should inspire an audience to want to tackle their own data sets with gusto - but if the data is boring, I feel my tool will be guilty of being boring (by association).

I suppose it is hard to think what would satisfy a large audience. Customers / Orders = boring (IMHO). Box Office Data might be more interesting. Music Hit Parade data going back to antiquity could interest some audiophiles, but not many other types. 

I wish my brain were not in lock-down, but I can't think of interesting data themes which one can find relatively cheaply.

TIA for any suggestions.

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