We have recently published the Heliospheric Shock Database (ipshocks.fi) openly available for the space physics community. The database contains pre-analyzed basic shock parameters for fast forward and fast reverse shocks identified from observations of several spacecraft in the solar wind. Thus far the database has been populated with ACE, Wind, STEREO-A and STEREO-B data from November 1994 to April 2014. The database has a user friendly web interface including easy-to-use search tools and detailed documentation. I will describe and demonstrate the main features of the database and discuss some caveats in the use of the data, for example, the problem of determining the magnetosonic Mach number from spacecraft observations. I will also present some results of our study of 679 shocks using the database during its beta testing (Kilpua et al., Properties and drivers of fast interplanetary shocks near the orbit of the Earth (1995-2012), submitted to JGR Space Physics, presently in revision).