Re: analytics reference

> I had to use a combination of resources together. I the Oracle Data
> Warehousing documentation (believe it or not) helped me a ton - reading the
> documentation (in order of each function) and then looking at examples from
> different blogs to see the query in action (and various forms it could
> take).

...
> P.S. When you finally write a MODEL statement and understand it and can
> manipulate it, it's AWESOME. (I've only done it a handful of times and
> would have to refresh my own use of it because I never see it in use by
> anyone besides me)

I was messing with the MODEL statement myself a few years back to plot the linear regression of DB storage growth (yes, Excel graphs that way easier -- the exercise was academic!). While no help with MODEL itself, these DB2 resources were great easy-to-digest additions to the docs Chris mentioned:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246546.html

http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/peterh/b15.pdf

My $.02,
Rich

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