Public SQL database for educational purposes

Question

I am looking for a publicly available SQL database with free access, where one can run some SELECT queries for free on some meaningful data (not item1, item2, item3

Answer 1

If you're intersted, Eve Online, a rather large MMO, make their static data (in-game items, NPCs, anything that doesn't really change) available via download.

***edit:* http://www.eveonline.com/community/toolkit.asp

It's a very heavily normalized data set, with over a dozen table, and thousands of records. If you want to dive into the deep end of enterprise data warehousing, I'd recommend this.

Downloads as a MS SQL Server 2008 Backup file, which can be imported directly into MS SQL Server 2008 Express (The free edition)

I do not recommend this if you are brand new to databasing, however.