Dang, he found out my nefarious plot to so twist your minds that you would all become my slaves.
I am far from expert on Oracle in general. On data warehousing I am the merest of newbies. Pass that tequila bottle this way if you're done with it sir! Rachel --- Jack Silvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can't resist asking ... since *this* answer advises us > not to trust your answers, aren't you in fact saying > that we should not trust this answer, which of course > means that your answers *are* in fact trustworthy? > > The "everything I say is a lie" scenario that Kirk > used in that one Star Trek episode to confuse the > robot until it blew up? > > (might be time to put away the tequilla now and go to > bed, Jack) > > ;) > > /jack > > > --- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you can ask... and if you actually TRUST the answers > > I give, well, you > > are insane > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > And that means we can all now ask Rachel our > > Datawarehousing > > > questions > > > and not RTFM :-) > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ================================================= > > > Peter McLarty E-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Technical Consultant WWW: > > http://www.mincom.com > > > APAC Technical Services Phone: +61 (0)7 3303 > > 3461 > > > Brisbane, Australia Mobile: +61 (0)402 094 > > 238 > > > Facsimile: +61 (0)7 > > 3303 3048 > > > ================================================= > > > A great pleasure in life is doing what people say > > you cannot do. > > > > > > - Walter Bagehot (1826-1877 British Economist) > > > ================================================= > > > Mincom "The People, The Experience, The Vision" > > > > > > ================================================= > > > > > > This transmission is for the intended addressee > > only and is > > > confidential > > > information. If you have received this > > transmission in error, please > > > delete it and notify the sender. The contents of > > this e-mail are the > > > opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by > > the Mincom Group > > > of > > > companies unless expressly stated otherwise. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 23-05-2002 11:13 PM > > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > ORACLE-L > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > cc: > > > Fax to: > > > Subject: RE: Data Warehouse > > experts, a simple question > > > for you| Outdated? > > > > > > > > > Dennis, > > > > > > I have on my desk, all in varying stages of being > > read: > > > Inmon's book Building the Data Warehouse (very > > understandable) > > > > > > Kimball's articles from his site and from the > > > Intelligententerprise.com > > > site (somewhat understandable, I think you need a > > base from which to > > > read his articles). His books are on order and > > should arrive today > > > > > > Tim Gorman's book Essential Oracle8i Data > > Warehousing (this I haven't > > > started, as Tim tells me to read it AFTER I have a > > basic > > > understanding > > > of data warehousing) > > > > > > The Oracle8i Data Warehousing documentation > > (actually pretty readable > > > and understandable) > > > > > > Ya think I might be over-researching this stuff > > and panicking a bit? > > > > > > Rachel > > > > > > --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Ian, > > > > > > > > - In the beginning was the data warehouse and > > yeah it was good. > > > It > > > > would > > > > solve all corporate problems and would encompass > > all corporate data > > > > so all > > > > corporate minions would see the same data. > > > > - But yeah it took so long to create the > > corporate data warehouse > > > > that > > > > management despaired and canceled the project. > > Or by the time the > > > > monster > > > > data warehouse came blinking and straining into > > the daylight all > > > the > > > > users > > > > said that the company had evolved in the > > meanwhile and the > > > warehouse > > > > was > > > > obsolete. > > > > - So data warehouses gained a bad rep from > > corporate managers and > > > > yeah > > > > none would fain to propose the conception of a > > data warehouse for > > > > fear of > > > > castigation. > > > > - Then some marketing interns bribed a DBA to > > send them data > > > > weekly. And > > > > they stored this data in a database and lo, > > their superiors were > > > > impressed. > > > > - Everyone was in awe of the marketing > > database, but none dared > > > > tarnish it > > > > by speaking the name which shall not be > > mentioned, so it was > > > > christened a > > > > "data mart". > > > > - And lo, the data marts multiplied and were > > fruitful. And the > > > DBA > > > > cursed > > > > the day she was weak and did give data to the > > marketing interns. > > > > - Then another prophet did arise and did > > challenge the prophet > > > > Kimball. > > > > His name was Inmon. And he did claim to be the > > progenitor of data > > > > warehouses. And therefore all should do data > > warehousing his way > > > and > > > > use his > > > > terms. > > > > - And great confusion arose over the land. And > > many debates > > > ensued, > > > > including some face to face between Inmon and > > Kimball. And terms > > > such > > > > as > > > > Operational Data Store (ODS) were bandied about. > > > > - And some said that queries against the ODS > > were acceptable and > > > > others > > > > deemed them forbidden. And some said that if it > > looks like a data > > > > warehouse > > > > and smells like a data warehouse it verily > > indeed is a data > > > > warehouse. > > > > - And consultants warred against consultants > > and did call the > > > other > > > > consultants ignoramuses in front of management > > such that nobody > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! 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