Oracle 10g Data Warehousing

New edition of successful book with Oracle employees and consultants as authors.

Lilian Hobbs (Author), Susan Hillson (Author), Shilpa Lawande (Author), Pete Smith (Author)

9781555583224, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 8 December 2004

872 pages
23.5 x 19 x 5.2 cm, 1.7 kg

"Whether you are designing a large or small data warehouse, or looking for tips on how to improve performance using Oracle Database 10g, this book will provide you with advice and examples you can follow. It also includes thorough coverage of the data warehouse features in Oracle Database 10g, and the tools in Oracle Application Server 10g." --Chuck Rozwat, Executive Vice President, Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation

Oracle 10g Data Warehousing is a guide to using the Data Warehouse features in the latest version of Oracle —Oracle Database 10g. Written by people on the Oracle development team that designed and implemented the code and by people with industry experience implementing warehouses using Oracle technology, this thoroughly updated and extended edition provides an insider’s view of how the Oracle Database 10g software is best used for your application.

It provides a detailed look at the new features of Oracle Database 10g and other Oracle products and how these are used in the data warehouse. This book will show you how to deploy the Oracle database and correctly use the new Oracle Database 10g features for your data warehouse. It contains walkthroughs and examples on how to use tools such as Oracle Discoverer and Reports to query the warehouse and generate reports that can be deployed over the web and gain better insight into your business.

This how-to guide provides step by step instructions including screen captures to make it easier to design, build and optimize performance of the data warehouse or data mart. It is a ‘must have’ reference for database developers, administrators and IT professionals who want to get to work now with all of the newest features of Oracle Database 10g.

Data Warehousing
Designing a Warehouse
Data Warehouse Features
Summary Management
Loading Data into the Warehouse
Oracle Warehousing Tools
Managing the Warehouse
Data Warehousing and the Web
Oracle 9i OLAP and Data Mining

Subject Areas: Database programming [UMT]