Oracle8i Data Warehousing - Softcover

Corey, Michael; Abbey, Michael; Abramson, Ian; Taub, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072126752 ISBN 13: 9780072126754

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2001

Synopsis

Plan and build a robust data warehousing and analysis solution. Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, this resource explains how to create a single integrated source of corporate business information.

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About the Author

Michael J. Corey (Newton, MA) is co-owner of Database Technologies, former president of IOUG-A, and has more than 12 years experience using Oracle products. He has garnered a huge following in the Oracle Community and is considered to have the ear of the Oracle Corporation by the community.

Michael Abbey (Ottawa, Ontario CN) has used Oracle for the past 12 years, specializing in Oracle/UNIX installation, performance tuning, and instance management. He is a member of the board of IOUG-A.

Ben Taub (Ann Arbor, MI) is a Project Manager/Senior Warehouse architect with Dataspace Incorporated, as well as founder of the firm. He is the data warehousing focus area manager for IOUG-A.

Ian Abramson (Toronto, Ontario) is the principal at IAS Inc., in Toronto, CA, and is currently the Director of Education Programming for IOUG-A and specializes in building applications and data warehousing.

From the Back Cover

Create a Single Integrated Source of Corporate Business Information

Take full advantage of all the new Oracle8i tools and functionality to build a robust data warehousing system. Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, Oracle8i Data Warehousing explains how to leverage Oracle's powerful family of technologies to build a reliable, scalable data warehousing and business intelligence infrastructure. You'll get full details on developing a plan, putting together a team, implementing your data warehouse, writing queries, and giving end-users direct access to their data. The book also explains how to use Oracle's integrated query analysis and reporting software, including Oracle Discoverer and the Oracle Data Mining Suite.

• Plan, implement, and manage a data warehouse project

• Build star schemas and design data marts

• Set up a data warehouse using Oracle8i as its repository

• Extract, transform, and load data using the Oracle Warehouse Builder

• Index your data warehouse for optimal access

• Manage storage and handle backup, recovery, tuning, and security

• Enable data warehouse querying and analysis with Oracle Discoverer and Oracle Express

• Convert a legacy database system into an Oracle8i data warehouse

• Implement data webhousing to enable access via an intranet or the Internet

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072126752
• ISBN 13: 9780072126754
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 831