15 MB SQL sample

An SQL file of exactly 15,728,640 bytes. It is a valid SQL script file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 15 MB sample, test or dummy SQL file.

sample-sql-15mb.sql

15 MB15,728,640 bytes

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Type: application/sql
SHA-256: 5b07ff6c91a85bd28d72e5536d0e0b37e939a91ff8cccccea6fd548aa7caf9a8
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

One CREATE TABLE statement and 69,130 single-row INSERT statements with fictional customer data. SQL comment lines at the end bring the script to the exact size.

Statements	1 CREATE TABLE, 69,130 INSERT
Dialect	Portable SQL (runs on PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and SQLite)
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-sql-15mb.sql, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  2d 2d 20 53 61 6d 70 6c  65 54 65 73 74 46 69 6c |-- SampleTestFil|
00000010  65 73 20 73 61 6d 70 6c  65 20 53 51 4c 20 66 69 |es sample SQL fi|
00000020  6c 65 20 28 31 35 20 4d  42 29 0a 2d 2d 20 50 6f |le (15 MB).-- Po|
00000030  72 74 61 62 6c 65 20 53  51 4c 3a 20 6f 6e 65 20 |rtable SQL: one |

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Where 15 MB matters

A 15,728,640-byte file, 15 MB in the binary units that operating systems and upload limits use. It is useful wherever a form, an API gateway, a storage quota or a mail server is configured with a limit of about this size.

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Measuring download speed from your own server or CDN
Checking migration runners with large scripts
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Testing notes for SQL

Clients that load the whole script into memory struggle with large dumps; streaming execution matters at 10 MB and above.
Executing an uploaded SQL file is running code. Only do it in an isolated database with a restricted account.

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Technical details

File name	sample-sql-15mb.sql
Format	SQL (SQL script)
Extension	.sql
MIME type	application/sql
Size	15,728,640 bytes (15 MB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	5b07ff6c91a85bd28d72e5536d0e0b37e939a91ff8cccccea6fd548aa7caf9a8
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Database

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 15 MB?: Yes. It is 15,728,640 bytes, which is 15 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 15 MB SQL file?: One CREATE TABLE statement and 69,130 single-row INSERT statements with fictional customer data. SQL comment lines at the end bring the script to the exact size.
Which databases can run the sample scripts?: They use portable syntax and have been run on SQLite. PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB accept the same statements.

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