Ian
I suppose I had not really thought it through.
When was talking to the developers I was more concerned that they didn't look to use a copy of the live data. My thoughts followed the path- take live data, scramble it, produce test data which is realistic.
I think a danger of generating test data from scratch is that it contains what one expects / plans rather than what has already been input ... but then again the test data would include 'tricky' items that may not have occurred in the real world yet.
All advice appreciated.
Mike
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