Re: [Newbies] Best data structure for a multidimensional database?

2008-10-07 Thread Michael van der Gulik
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Michael van der Gulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:38 AM, stan shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, I'm looking at building a small proof of concept of a multidimensional >> modelling tool in Squeak. Commercial products are th

Re: [Newbies] Best data structure for a multidimensional database?

2008-10-07 Thread Michael van der Gulik
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:38 AM, stan shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I'm looking at building a small proof of concept of a multidimensional > modelling tool in Squeak. Commercial products are things like Cognos, and > the old Express that was assimilated by Oracle. > > A typical 'cube'

[Newbies] Best data structure for a multidimensional database?

2008-10-07 Thread stan shepherd
Hi, I'm looking at building a small proof of concept of a multidimensional modelling tool in Squeak. Commercial products are things like Cognos, and the old Express that was assimilated by Oracle. A typical 'cube' will be 'dimensioned' by product, region, time. Each dimension has one or more roll