RE: RE: Ab Initio, Unix Scripting, and Datawarehousing

If you have worked on any other ETL tools, picking this one up should be relatively easy.

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From: rgaffuri_at_cox.net [mailto:rgaffuri_at_cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:50
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: Ab Initio, Unix Scripting, and Datawarehousing

been to their website and cant find the free download. Any idea what the learning curve is on Ab Initio? I constantly try to improve my skills and Im trying to decide whether this is worth the time at the moment.

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> From: "BALA,PRAKASH (HP-USA,ex1)" <prakash.bala_at_hp.com>
> Date: 2003/03/19 Wed PM 12:13:55 EST
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: RE: Ab Initio, Unix Scripting, and Datawarehousing
>
> 1. It's an ETL tool like Informatica. Heard it's much better than
> Informatica. You need to check their website for further information.
>
> 3. You just deal with a lot of data at one time and so keep in mind to
> optimize your code so that the end-to-end processing time is less.
>
> HTH
> Prakash
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 09:19
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>
> 1. Has anyone ever used Ab Initio? Is it some kind of data conversion
tool?
> What is the the learning curve on it? Is there online documentation and do
> they
> have a freeware version to download? I want to learn it. Dont want to use
it
>
> for development.
>
> 2. What is a good Unix scripting book for Oracle Developers? Dont need a
> Using
> Oracle as a DBA on Unix. Just one on basic scripting. My Unix skills are
> weak
> and I want to improve them. I have Redhat at home. What should I
concentrate
>
> on?
>
> 3. In theory I know the difference between a datawarehouse and an OLTP,
but
> as
> a developer is the work really that different? I understand star schemas
> etc...
> Just need to know how different the work is.
>
>
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