Yes, I know -- old topic, but a search thru the 440 DW posts on the fatcity archives didn't reveal much.
Not having much of any knowledge on DW/DM, I picked up the Oracle Press' "Oracle8 Data Warehousing" book for $1 on the clearance rack in hopes that an overall view of the procedures necessary for DW/DM building and maintenance to give me some idea of what I'm up against. I can't help but be completely confused by this book because it doesn't seem to cover DW/DM maintenance at all. It has a chapter dedicated to various ways to populate the DW/DM, but not how to keep the data up-to-date. Do DWs get completely regenerated on a daily/weekly/periodic basis? This just doesn't seem feasible to me, especially for large (1T+) DWs. Am I missing something? Are newer revs of this book better? Are there any better DW books geared specifically for Oracle9i? Does Martha know that John is really her long-lost brother? >From past posts (Jared's?), I'm thinking that we'd be at least picking up Kimball's DW Toolkit, 2nd Ed. and hopefully we'll get some training in for this, too, but I would like something specific to DWs on Oracle 9i. TIA! :) Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
