That's too true. For a while we were building cubes on UNIX (actually HP-UX) systems, but Cognos completely desupported UNIX systems. And even when then did, the Windows cubes built a lot faster than the UNIX cubes did.
-----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:37 AM To: Vergara, Michael (TEM); Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L John, One last point to add to my reply of before. They don't support HP-UX, actually I don't think they support any Unix. Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "Vergara; Michael (TEM)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 7/18/2002 9:28 AM Our Data Warehouse group uses Cognos PowerPlay to build cubes for the end users, and Cognos Impromptu for on-line drill-down and reporting. IMHO, Cognos writes crappy SQL. The users say they cannot insert hints, so you have to be ready for almost any kind of query. It's got a nice GUI, though, they tell me. Cheers, Mike -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:08 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anybody have any experience with "Cognos"? We've got a bhb that thinks its the solution for giving every end user access to the raw data (groan...loudly!)... I've argued every which-a-way against the concept, now I have to fight the specifics.... HELP! John P Weatherman Database Administrator Replacements Ltd. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Weatherman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Vergara, Michael (TEM) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Vergara, Michael (TEM) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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).