Re: Top Ten Errors In Data Wareousing

I have seen a couple of posts in this newsgroup (comp.databases.pick) that have referred to the term data warehousing and have struggled to define it.

Now that we apparently have an institute dedicated to the practice of data warehousing I'm wondering if the term also has an institutionalized definition. Just what is it you do when you warehouse data? Or, from a different perspective, what kind of data does a warehouse contain? Or, am I missing the point altogether?

Cynic that I am, I suspect that data warehousing is just another jazzed up buzzword for something we have been doing all along. Sort of like voice mail is the new term for answering machine. Not quite the same thing, I know, but not significantly different.

I'm hoping Mr. Taylor will have a moment to enlighten.

Jim Harger Received on Sun Feb 19 1995 - 22:41:37 CET