diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-complete.yml b/.github/workflows/test-complete.yml
index 45e2fe5..1d3b5de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-complete.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-complete.yml
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build SQL CLI
       run: cargo build --release
 
+    # data/test_simple_*.csv are generated, not committed (.gitignore's
+    # `test_*.csv` rule covers them), so several examples that pass locally
+    # fail here without this. Mirrors the same step in the Python Tests job.
+    - name: Generate test data
+      run: |
+        if [ ! -f "data/test_simple_math.csv" ] || [ ! -f "data/test_simple_strings.csv" ]; then
+          uv run python scripts/generate_simple_test.py
+        fi
+
     - name: Run examples test suite
       run: |
         uv run python tests/integration/test_examples.py
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a9267e0..e6ad7d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ trades_*.json
 trades_*.csv
 test_shift_g.rs
 test_*.csv
+# ...but this one is a hand-written fixture used by examples/, not
+# generated output, so it has to ship with the repo (see CI examples job).
+!data/test_dummy.csv
 test_state_comparison
 test_results.txt
 tests/__pycache__/
diff --git a/data/test_dummy.csv b/data/test_dummy.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92a2208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/test_dummy.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+id,price,category,status
+1,99.99,A,active
+2,150.50,B,pending