Chinook Database
Chinook database is an alternative to the Northwind database, being ideal for
demos and
testing ORM
tools targeting single and multiple database servers.
Data Model
The Chinook data model represents a digital media store, including tables for artists, albums,
media
tracks, invoices and customers.
Sample Data
Media related data was created using real data from an iTunes Library. Customer and employee
information was manually created using fictitious names, addresses that can be located on
Google Map,
and other well formatted data (phone, fax, email, etc.). Sales information is auto generated using random
data for
a four year period.
Why the name Chinook?
The name of this sample database was based on the Northwind database. Chinooks are winds in the
interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Great Plains meet various mountain ranges.
Chinooks are most prevalent over southern Alberta in Canada. Chinook is a good name choice for a database
that
intents to be an alternative to Northwind.