Dimensional modeling is quite different than relational modeling.
Relational modeling is the traditional building of database objects into
relations in 3rd normal form. Dimensional modeling places objects into
dimensions made up of central fact tables and somewhat denormalized data
tables. To learn Dimensional modeling, pick up a couple of books by Ralph
Kimball.
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Richard Armstrong
State Of The Art Consulting, Inc.
http://www.stateoart.com
Don Mayfield <tdmay_at_my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
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> I have an internal job posting that has a bullet item under a heading
> of Data Wharehouse which reads "Modeling of Dimensional Databases" .
> Does anyone know what they mean by "Dimensional Database"?
>
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> Don Mayfield
> Chevron Information Technology Co.
> San Ramon, Ca 94583
> dmay_at_chevron.com
>
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