Any comments on the book 'Oracle 8i Data Warehousing' by Michael Corey, Michael Abbey, Ian Abramson and Ben Taub (Oracle Press) ?
Thanks and Regards Madhu >From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Data Warehouse experts, a simple question for you| Outdated? >Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:33:26 -0800 > >Rachel > - Glad Inmon's book is working for you. I have only read (or more >correctly attempted to read) his articles, which can be found at >http://www.datawarehousing.com/, or at least they previously were >available. > - Just be aware that when you switch from reading Inmon or one of his >followers to Kimball or one of his followers, that the meaning of some >terms >change. > - The oldest Kimball articles at >http://www.intelligententerprise.com/ports/search_webhouse.shtml are the >best to start with because they describe the fundamentals of data warehouse >design. > - I still think the email list is one of the best resources. > For help with list commands, send a message > to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the > word "help" in the body of the message. >(I'm listing these for the benefit of others on this list) >Not to discourage you, but companies often take the approach of yours, and >hire consultants to build the site. They tend to go into a corner and >develop it and then unveil it when they are "finished", collect their check >and leave. If you ask questions, it is easy for them to blow past you >because they are the experts. So from that standpoint, don't panic, just go >along for the ride and what you can learn. But it is good to read up on >warehousing so you can ask intelligent questions and don't sound like a >dinosaur by asking questions like "whaddya mean it isn't normalized?". In >DW, the real participants are the ones that interview the potential users >and try to locate data the users will find useful. The DBA tends to be the >one that gets ordered to load 100-gig of data every night. DW work is like >a >lot of other DBA work, but quite different in some respects. At least with >the email list, if something sounds odd, you can ask some real people for >some input. >Dennis Williams >DBA >Lifetouch, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Madhusudhanan Sampath 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).
