Oracle8i Data Warehousing

Cutting-edge Oracle data warehousing from people creating the software.

Oracle8i Data Warehousing explains how to design, develop, and administer powerful data warehouses and data marts on Windows NT using Oracle's major new industry-leading database. This authoritative guide helps database developers, administrators, and designers master the major new data warehousing and Internet capabilities in Oracle8i and specifically plan and implement affordable and successful data warehouses and data marts. In one exciting package, this book brings together three hot computing topics: new Oracle databases, Windows NT, and Internet technologies.


Data warehouses and smaller data marts allow companies to pool and analyze large quantities of data, yielding valuable information about customers and business processes. Data warehouses have in the past been expensive and very complex. Oracle8i is an important new version of Oracle Corporation's market-leading database system. Most of the significant new features in Oracle8i are for data warehousing, Internet development, or optimizations for the Windows NT platform. Oracle8i and Windows NT together will make data warehouse projects easier and more affordable.