Re: On the subject of Data Warehouses, Data Cubes & OLAP....

On 14 Oct 2003 08:00:42 -0700, stuartjordan_at_synovusmortgage.com (Will) wrote:

>Has it dawned on anyone else
>that these buzz words were created by some geek who decided to take a
>stab at marketing?

Lots of us. Software is not like a technology industry; it's like a fashion industry.

> I mean seriously, what is the story here? In a nut shell, and please
>stop me if you disagree, but isn’t a data warehouse simply a
>database?

More like a report than a database.

>Can’t you do everything on a conventional database
>like SQL Server, Oracle or DB2 that you can do on these new
>proprietary Data Warehouse constructs?

Yes and no. You can drive screws with a hammer, but it's not always the best approach.

-- 
Mike Sherrill
Information Management Systems