Oracle8 Data Warehousing (Oracle Press Series) [Paperback]

Michael J. Corey (Author), Michael Abbey (Author), Ben Taub (Author), Ian Abramson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Oracle Press Series | Publication Date: April 17, 1998

-- The first book available on Oracle8 Data Warehousing
-- Authored by the Oracle industry respected, best-selling author team of Abbey, Corey, Abramson, and Taub
-- Provides readers with a fundamental understanding of Data Warehousing and shows them how to implement the concept to their database environment
-- Includes coverage of Oracle's Express (analyzer) tool and other third-party tools
-- New chapters have been added to cover Oracle8's new and improved Data Warehousing features -- new coverage includes: Data Warehouse design, data transformation techniques, partitioning, ROLAP and Aggregate Navigators, and OLAP tools

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Corey and his coauthors walk the reader through the creation of a data warehouse using Oracle8 in a corporate environment. They discuss what data warehousing is, who needs it, building teams, managing projects, design, the physical and logical structure of the warehouse, indexing, getting data to users, security, and Oracle Express. While not for beginners who just want to think about the subject of data warehousing, this is a very good book for collections that support current Oracle users.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

Your Expert Guide to Building and Launching Your Data Warehouse

Data warehousing -- large-scale data storage and analysis -- is among the most important areas of enterprise computing today. Master data warehousing with the book officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, the leading provider of data warehousing solutions to Fortune 1000 companies.

Written by a solid team of Oracle and data warehousing experts -- Oracle8 Data Warehousing is your tactical guide to every important facet of data warehousing with Oracle8. Whether you are a database administrator, an information technology manager, or a data warehouse team member, you'll find this book loaded with valuable advice on planning, building, rolling out, and maintaining your data warehouse for optimal performance.

This book will help you to:

Understand the Oracle Express Server data warehousing solution. Investigate the physical components of a data warehouse including table size, expansion, disk stripping, and table partitioning Build an effective warehousing team and gain real-world insight into the business rationale that secures essential management buy-in Optimize the Oracle8 server for decision support. Make critical technical decisions such as choosing RAID technology, running the cost-based optimizer, as well as using read-only table space and warehouse refresh mechanisms Convert a legacy database system into an Oracle datawarehouse. Gain a complete overview of data extraction, transformation, and loading into the Oracle8 repository Learn the basics of ROLAP, MOLAP, and OLAP

From general concepts to Oracle8's specific warehousing capabilities, Oracle8 Data Warehousing is all you need.

Product Details

• Paperback: 686 pages
• Publisher: Osborne Publishing (April 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0078825113
• ISBN-13: 978-0078825118
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,275,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another hollow text, November 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle8 Data Warehousing (Oracle Press Series) (Paperback)

This text is a waste of time and dollars. I really could not even suggest who the target audience might be. The book is just a haphazard collection of ideas with no in-depth content all presented in the most confusing manner possible.

For anyone looking for some solid advice on Data Warehousing look elsewhere. Even the Oracle side of this Oracle Press book is weak.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction on the subject. Covers all aspects., July 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle8 Data Warehousing (Oracle Press Series) (Paperback)

The book provides a good and almost impartial overview and introduction on the subject covering almost everything that has to be said about DataWarehousing. It is well organised, easy and fun to read. It definitely gave me a good understanding on a subject that I had no prior knownledge. I recommended it.

However I have a few comments which do not alter the value of the book : a) I would like to see a short introduction , no more that ten pages , which explains the subject and it's relation to the Oracle Tools. It took me quit a few pages of reading to discover it. b) I would like to see more details on the Star Schema since it is a central concept. Moreover I would like to see a few real life examples of models implementing the star schema. c) I would like to see more on the Oracle Express Solution and especially the Express Server (it's architecture etc.)and posibly a few examples.