Does anyone have a link for northwind sample DB?

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I cannot find a workable link for version of this sample DB later than 2005.

I need 2016.

What I have tried:

Searching the Interwebs.

Cannot find recent workable link.

Posted 28-Sep-18 6:31am

Member 13944054

Updated 28-Sep-18 6:34am

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Member 13944054 28-Sep-18 12:48pm

BTW the link to the actual download does not work.
Perhaps before posting links on this site they should be TESTED.
I'm just say'n.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-28T06:35:00

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Try here: Install SQL Server sample databases - Visual Studio | Microsoft Docs[^]

Posted 28-Sep-18 6:35am

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Member 13944054 28-Sep-18 12:42pm

yes, I have visited this link.
As I said in my OP I am looking for a RECENT version that will work with SQL Server 2016. The provided link, and all others I can find, indicate they MIGHT work on 2005 or 2008 but, when I navigate down the rabbit hole to the actual download, it's always for SQL Server 2000.

OriginalGriff 28-Sep-18 13:59pm

Since you followed the link, you will have seen where it says:
"AdventureWorks is the current sample database provided for SQL Server products."
And
"Northwind is a relatively simple SQL Server database that has been used for many years."
What that means is that Northwind hasn't changed since it was introduced with Access back in the nineties, and the version they use now is AdventureWorks.

Member 13944054 28-Sep-18 14:07pm

Silly me!
Since I am following a recent walk through I expected it to use a recent DB. These people have no idea how anal retentive I am.

Than,x O.G.

OriginalGriff 28-Sep-18 14:10pm

You're welcome!

Richard Deeming 3-Oct-18 15:31pm

The "latest version" link in that article takes you to a GitHub repository with a different set of sample databases designed specifically for SQL 2016:
Release Wide World Importers sample database v1.0 · Microsoft/sql-server-samples[^]
Obviously, these won't work with demos that use AdventureWorks or Northwind. :)

On the same repo, there's an updated version of AdventureWorks from last December:
Release AdventureWorks sample databases · Microsoft/sql-server-samples[^]
The notes do say that there have been no significant changes to AdventureWorks since 2012.