Re: Materialized attributes

paul c wrote:
> dawn wrote:
> > Has anything been written about or are there any SQL-DBMS or other DBMS
> > tools that address data modeling with materialized virtual attributes
> > (not materialized views)? I've found some materials that relate to
> > performance and optimization of various materialized derived data, but
> > it seems to all be related to entire views of derived data, rather than
> > individual attributes. I'm interested in data modeling (design) that
> > associates derived data with a base table, for example.
> >
> > This might be mentioned in BI information related to cubes since such
> > data would only be written by the dbms (or perhaps coded using
> > triggers) and would otherwise be read-only and because cube products
> > often permit the specification of stored aggregate data. I'm not
> > interested in anything related to a separate BI system (data mart,
> > warehouse), however.
> >
> > Thanks. --dawn
> >
>
>
> I saw that subject line and I thought: "I just have to read this".
> Congrats on matching the text, at least the first paragraph, with what
> the title suggested.
>
> p

I'm glad to add to your delight, paul. I'm guessing you would be one to enjoy my blog entry today as well. Cheers! --dawn. Received on Tue Apr 11 2006 - 22:18:55 CDT