Re: Book on theory - Thanks
From: Adam Steiner <ajsteineer_at_a_o_l.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:40:01 -0500
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:40:01 -0500
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To David and Alfredo, thank you for the recommendations.
--adam
"David Cressey" <david_at_dcressey.com> wrote in message
news:lvsC9.280$0I3.28495_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net...
> Ralph Kimball is a good author to learn about star schemas.
>
> www.ralphkimball.com
>
> Star schemas are typically NOT fully normalized. That means that keeping
> them up to date can be a little tricky.
> But for environments where the update is a fairly tightly controlled
process
> (ETL) this can be managed.
>
> The benefits are greater flexibility in the use of the data to support
both
> OLAP and standard reporting.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> David Cressey
> www.dcressey.com
>
>
Received on Tue Nov 19 2002 - 17:40:01 CET