Re: Experiences that can be shared about External tables and Oracle 9i OLAP

From: Don Burleson <don_at_burleson.cc>
Date: 3 Jan 2003 04:49:06 -0800
Message-ID: <998d28f7.0301030449.7f6a14ac@posting.google.com>

Hi Simon,

As for external tables, the biggest problem is updates and the possibility to external data corruption.

Here is a link to a good articles on the topic:

http://www.dba-oracle.com/art_ext_tabs_spreadsheet.htm

Hope this helps . . .

Don Burleson

simonlenn_at_yahoo.com (Simon Lenn) wrote in message news:<3641e2c2.0301021849.26a5dc7a_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi All
>
> We are evaluating using the Oracle 9i external tables and 9i OLAP. But
> would like to hear broadly from people who are using it and their
> experiences with external tables and Oracle 9i OLAP feature. The last
> time we tried using 9i OLAP in R1 it would not work and we were told
> it will work beginning 9i R2 can you please share your experiences.
>
> Thanks
> Simon
Received on Fri Jan 03 2003 - 06:49:06 CST