Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4DKGEm00779 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 15:16:14 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 209.68.248.164 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4DKGDA00774 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 15:16:13 -0500 Received: from fatcity.com (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id KAA93571; Tue, 13 May 2003 10:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 00597894; Tue, 13 May 2003 07:40:58 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:40:58 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: DENNIS WILLIAMS Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: DENNIS WILLIAMS Subject: RE: Data warehouse book- need recommendation please Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sami The most important thing to understand is that the rules you've worked hard to learn as a DBA are different for data warehousing. You have stuff to unlearn. Like letting go of "fully normalized". Start by accessing Ralph Kimball's site http://www.ralphkimball.com He posts a lot of the basics of Data Warehousing on his site in form of magazine articles he's written over the years. In my opinion, Ralph is better at explaining the "big picture" of DW than anyone else. Once you get a good grasp of what DW is all about, actually creating a data warehouse mostly involves applying the DBA knowledge you already have. But fail to get the big picture and you will probably have a disaster on your hands. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@lifetouch.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 5:14 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, Could someone recommend a Data warehouse book for the person who has DBA background? Also if possible please give me some resource link(docs/URL/etc) to start with. Thanks in advance Sami -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).