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Ken North <kennorth@s...> writes > > Bullard, Claude L (Len) <len.bullard@i...> asks: > > > Off topic, but since data warehousing comes up from > > time to time: what is the advantage of using > > an OLAP design vs a relational design? > > Peter Hunsberger wrote: > >> With the exception of the specialized spatial, null compressed, > >> database > >> designs, for the most part, OLAP designs are relational > >> designs just highly denormalized. > > Nice summary of the star schema (or not) question. Thanks. > Len will have to clarify the question. I thought he was > asking whether to manage multi-dimensional data sets with a > non-relational data store or an SQL database (MOLAP, ROLAP or HOLAP?). > Hmm, it looks as though you're right. However, in the next sentence he asked "Is this advantage better or worse than a triple design?" Since I don't particularly separate OLAP from relational I thought it must be a OLAP vs. triple design question. Then again, maybe it's just that I find the latter a much more interesting question to ponder...
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