I'm going with the Kimball-ian definition of a DW showing changes over time (temporal). You don't want to go back and update historical data - unless you're Enron <grin> - as this will skew results and trend analysis.
Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Gorman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:20 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: single clustered tables > > Not true. Many folks think a data warehouse is "read only". There is a > huge difference between being "designed to optimize reading" and being > "read-only"... > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 2:40 PM > > > > Objection 1) Most Oracle docs recommend: don't store data in > > clusters > > if it's going to be updated frequently. Updating clustered tables is > > bad. > > > > If its being updated, its not a true data warehouse. > > > > Scott Shafer > > San Antonio, TX > > 210-581-6217 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bill Becker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:22 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Subject: single clustered tables > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Env: Oracle 8.1.6 on Solaris 2.7 > > > > > > Someone has suggested the following idea, and I'm wondering > > > if this is good/bad. Any comments, pro or con, are appreciated. > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Tim Gorman > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
