Just to clarify. The Oracle 8 Data Warehousing I feel that did not really cover what it was supposed was the one from Oracle Press not the one from Tim Gorman.
Tim Gorman has wrote 2 good books (maybe more ?) on DW : Oracle8 Data Warehousing, Essential Oracle8i Data Warehousing: Designing, Building, and Managing Oracle Data Warehouses . --- Stephane Paquette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Even 1$ is too much for "Oracle8 Data Warehousing" ! > > We're not yet on 9i so I've not checked about that > kind of book. > For DW only, check Ralph Kimball's book and the IBM > red book site( http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/). There > is > an excellent document (PDF) about datawarehousing in > general. > The data warehouse institute > (http://www.dw-institute.com) offers papers and > training. > > On 8i, I can recommend Tim Gorman's book. > > DW are never reorganised but updated on the > frequency > needed by the business needs. > > HTH > > --- "Jesse, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit > : > > Yes, I know -- old topic, but a search thru the > 440 > > DW posts on the fatcity > > archives didn't reveal much. > > > > Not having much of any knowledge on DW/DM, I > picked > > up the Oracle Press' > > "Oracle8 Data Warehousing" book for $1 on the > > clearance rack in hopes that > > an overall view of the procedures necessary for > > DW/DM building and > > maintenance to give me some idea of what I'm up > > against. > > > > I can't help but be completely confused by this > book > > because it doesn't seem > > to cover DW/DM maintenance at all. It has a > chapter > > dedicated to various > > ways to populate the DW/DM, but not how to keep > the > > data up-to-date. Do DWs > > get completely regenerated on a > > daily/weekly/periodic basis? This just > > doesn't seem feasible to me, especially for large > > (1T+) DWs. > > > > Am I missing something? Are newer revs of this > book > > better? Are there any > > better DW books geared specifically for Oracle9i? > > Does Martha know that > > John is really her long-lost brother? > > > > From past posts (Jared's?), I'm thinking that we'd > > be at least picking up > > Kimball's DW Toolkit, 2nd Ed. and hopefully we'll > > get some training in for > > this, too, but I would like something specific to > > DWs on Oracle 9i. > > > > > > TIA! :) > > Rich > > > > > > Rich Jesse > System/Database > > Administrator > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech > > International, Sussex, WI USA > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Jesse, Rich > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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: [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). > > > > ===== > Stéphane Paquette > DBA Oracle et DB2, consultant entrepôt de données > Oracle and DB2 DBA, datawarehouse consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________________ > Lèche-vitrine ou lèche-écran ? > magasinage.yahoo.ca > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Stephane=20Paquette?= > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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: [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). > ===== Stéphane Paquette DBA Oracle et DB2, consultant entrepôt de données Oracle and DB2 DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________ Lèche-vitrine ou lèche-écran ? magasinage.yahoo.ca -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Stephane=20Paquette?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [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).
