Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining

Oracle DBA Guide to Data Warehousing and Star Schemas is the definitiveguide to maximizing the performance, flexibility, and manageability ofany Oracle 8i/9i data warehouse. Legendary Oracle data warehouse expertBert Scalzo offers hard-won lessons and proven techniques for designing,constructing, tuning, and maintaining star schema data warehouses inreal production environments. Coverage includes: planning hardware andsoftware architectures; star schema design; data loading; queryoptimization; partitioning; administration; and much more....

Up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the Oracle database and business intelligence toolsWritten by a team of Oracle insiders, this authoritative book provides you with the most current coverage of the Oracle data warehousing platform as well as the full suite of business intelligence tools.You'll learn how to leverage Oracle features and how those features can be used to provide solutions to a variety of needs and demands. Plus, you'll get valuable tips and insight based on the authors' real-world experiences and their own implementations. Avoid many common pitfalls while learning best practices for:Leveraging Oracle technologies to design, build, and manage data warehousesIntegrating specific database and business intelligence solutions from other ...