Re: XML in datawarehouses?

Vikas

Yes indeed. You could use XML embedded in a message to pass information asynchronously from the OLTP system to the data warehouse. We've used this approach multiple times.

Pete

Vikas Agnihotri wrote:

> Has anyone used XML at any stage in implementing a datawarehouse?
> Middleware, during the ETL phase, whatever...
>
> XML's built-in self-descriptive nature seems like it would lend itself
> well to gathering data from disparate sources and making sense of it
> before it is loaded into the warehouse. Simplistically, all you would
> need is a XML-aware middleware layer between your source systems and
> your DW.
>
> Any thoughts, comments appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Vikas
>
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Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 14:51:49 CDT