Re: duplicating ORACLE GL database for quick report...

Also, take a look at http://www.datawarehousing.org This is a *free* source of information about everything you've always wanted to know about data warehousing, but didn't know who to ask. -djc

Dan Clamage <clamage_at_mime.dw.lucent.com> wrote in article <01bcc377$3aa90050$54110b87_at_clamagent>...
> peewee_at_club-internet.fr wrote in article
 <874306244.20616_at_dejanews.com>...
> > We're implementing Oracle GL v10.7 on an UNIX server / a 50 client
> > forecast.
> > Many reports will be developped under FSG and we fear an
> > overload of the main database.
> > Our consultant suggested us the possibility of
> > duplicating easily the GL database and launch
> > - in real time - FSG queries on the copy.
> > Is it a valuable method ? Is it a reliable choice ?
>
> The generalized approach is called data warehousing. You denormalize some
> tables and build a "duplicate" data set, preferably on another server, to
> handle queries against the denormalized set. This new set represents
 canned
> approach to obtaining data. The reason its denormalized is so you don't
> have to compute joins. The duplicate data is updated periodically using
 the
> built-in replication capability of Oracle.
>
> There are plenty of books and tools on the subject. Oracle has also the
> concept of a data mart, which is a small, focused data warehouse (perhaps
> only looking at the Marketing related tables).
> - Dan Clamage
>
Received on Thu Sep 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT