APPENDIX A

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Sample Data

If you wish to follow the examples used in this book, and I hope you will, you will need some sample data to work with. All the files referenced in this book are available for download and can easily be installed on your local PC.

This appendix explains where to obtain the sample files, how to install them, and what they are used for.

Creating the Sample Data Directory Structure

First, you should create a directory and four subdirectories on a disk that has at least 100MB of free space to hold the sample data. Once you have created the directory/folder structure, it should like Figure A-1.

Figure A-1. The sample data directory ...

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