Dang, he found out my nefarious plot to so twist your minds that you
would all become my slaves.
I am far from expert on Oracle in general. On data warehousing I am the
merest of newbies.
Pass that tequila bottle this way if you're done with it sir!
Rachel
- Jack Silvey <jack_silvey_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> can't resist asking ... since *this* answer advises us
> not to trust your answers, aren't you in fact saying
> that we should not trust this answer, which of course
> means that your answers *are* in fact trustworthy?
>
> The "everything I say is a lie" scenario that Kirk
> used in that one Star Trek episode to confuse the
> robot until it blew up?
>
> (might be time to put away the tequilla now and go to
> bed, Jack)
>
> ;)
>
> /jack
>
>
> --- Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > you can ask... and if you actually TRUST the answers
> > I give, well, you
> > are insane
> >
> > --- Peter.McLarty_at_mincom.com wrote:
> > > And that means we can all now ask Rachel our
> > Datawarehousing
> > > questions
> > > and not RTFM :-)
> > >
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> > > Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com>
> > > Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> > > 23-05-2002 11:13 PM
> > > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > ORACLE-L
> > > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > cc:
> > > Fax to:
> > > Subject: RE: Data Warehouse
> > experts, a simple question
> > > for you| Outdated?
> > >
> > >
> > > Dennis,
> > >
> > > I have on my desk, all in varying stages of being
> > read:
> > > Inmon's book Building the Data Warehouse (very
> > understandable)
> > >
> > > Kimball's articles from his site and from the
> > > Intelligententerprise.com
> > > site (somewhat understandable, I think you need a
> > base from which to
> > > read his articles). His books are on order and
> > should arrive today
> > >
> > > Tim Gorman's book Essential Oracle8i Data
> > Warehousing (this I haven't
> > > started, as Tim tells me to read it AFTER I have a
> > basic
> > > understanding
> > > of data warehousing)
> > >
> > > The Oracle8i Data Warehousing documentation
> > (actually pretty readable
> > > and understandable)
> > >
> > > Ya think I might be over-researching this stuff
> > and panicking a bit?
> > >
> > > Rachel
> > >
> > > --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
> > wrote:
> > > > Ian,
> > > >
> > > > - In the beginning was the data warehouse and
> > yeah it was good.
> > > It
> > > > would
> > > > solve all corporate problems and would encompass
> > all corporate data
> > > > so all
> > > > corporate minions would see the same data.
> > > > - But yeah it took so long to create the
> > corporate data warehouse
> > > > that
> > > > management despaired and canceled the project.
> > Or by the time the
> > > > monster
> > > > data warehouse came blinking and straining into
> > the daylight all
> > > the
> > > > users
> > > > said that the company had evolved in the
> > meanwhile and the
> > > warehouse
> > > > was
> > > > obsolete.
> > > > - So data warehouses gained a bad rep from
> > corporate managers and
> > > > yeah
> > > > none would fain to propose the conception of a
> > data warehouse for
> > > > fear of
> > > > castigation.
> > > > - Then some marketing interns bribed a DBA to
> > send them data
> > > > weekly. And
> > > > they stored this data in a database and lo,
> > their superiors were
> > > > impressed.
> > > > - Everyone was in awe of the marketing
> > database, but none dared
> > > > tarnish it
> > > > by speaking the name which shall not be
> > mentioned, so it was
> > > > christened a
> > > > "data mart".
> > > > - And lo, the data marts multiplied and were
> > fruitful. And the
> > > DBA
> > > > cursed
> > > > the day she was weak and did give data to the
> > marketing interns.
> > > > - Then another prophet did arise and did
> > challenge the prophet
> > > > Kimball.
> > > > His name was Inmon. And he did claim to be the
> > progenitor of data
> > > > warehouses. And therefore all should do data
> > warehousing his way
> > > and
> > > > use his
> > > > terms.
> > > > - And great confusion arose over the land. And
> > many debates
> > > ensued,
> > > > including some face to face between Inmon and
> > Kimball. And terms
> > > such
> > > > as
> > > > Operational Data Store (ODS) were bandied about.
> > > > - And some said that queries against the ODS
> > were acceptable and
> > > > others
> > > > deemed them forbidden. And some said that if it
> > looks like a data
> > > > warehouse
> > > > and smells like a data warehouse it verily
> > indeed is a data
> > > > warehouse.
> > > > - And consultants warred against consultants
> > and did call the
> > > other
> > > > consultants ignoramuses in front of management
> > such that nobody
>
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