I just gave it disk space and largely ignored it.
Never had a problem with it.
Jared
On Friday 06 July 2001 06:46, Farnsworth, Dave wrote:
> This is true, unless of course it is running on Ardent's UniData or
> Universe database. That is something else to work with.
>
> Dave
>
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>
>
>
> Larry,
>
> I took several training courses last year for one of their
> competitors products, Ardent Datastage, though it's called
> something else now.
>
> Anyway, they're very similar, we evaluated Informatica also.
>
> They are both very powerful products. If my experience with
> the Ardent products is any indication, you shouldn't have any
> trouble learning these tools.
>
> The technology underneath is not anything special, their power
> lies in their management and organizational abilities. Building
> ETL processes with these tools is much easier than doing it
> all with an editor and a command line.
>
> Complex tasks still require programming, but it's within their
> IDE and easily managed. I'm not normally a fan of GUI tools
> but good ETL tools are an exception.
>
> Jared
>
> On Thursday 05 July 2001 17:07, Larry Elkins wrote:
> > Listers,
> >
> > For any of you who use Informatica ETL products such as PowerMart and/or
> > PowerCenter, how steep is the learning curve for these products? I know
> > there are lots of variables such as how quickly does the person pick up
>
> new
>
> > things, are we talking about learning the basics and doing simple tasks,
> > or, doing advanced things, etc. For example, with some products, one can
> > quickly learn to perform basic functions, but, there can be a steep
> > learning curve to perform advanced functions.
> >
> > Just curious about the complexity and ease/difficulty of getting up to
> > speed on these tools.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Larry G. Elkins
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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