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In this podcast, Mark also reflects on the Oracle ACE program and how he became one, including how his blog may have played a part. Everyone seems to have a blog these days, and Oracle experts are certainly no exception. Mark tells us that some big-name Oracle bloggers gathered for dinner to exchange ideas this year — kicking off the first, annual Oracle bloggers’ dinner.

He also comments on product announcements, Project Fusion, and his favored keynote speaker. Mark elaborates on the role that OLAP will have in data warehousing, where it fits in, and how you can get the best out it. The OLAP Option for Oracle Database 10g 10.1 is a recent addition to Oracle’s data warehousing capabilities, and gives you the ability to define multidimensional “cubes” of data and store them in special OLAP datatypes.

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Oracle Database 10g OLAP Performance Tips and Techniques - Part 1

Oracle Database 10g OLAP Performance Tips and Techniques - Part 2

by Mark Rittman

The OLAP Option to Oracle 10g gives you the ability to store multidimensional cubes of data in your Oracle database, and perform OLAP queries on them using OLAP DML, regular SQL, or query tools such as Oracle Discoverer Plus OLAP. This article provides tips and best practices for designing, loading, aggregating, and querying Oracle OLAP cubes, and in addition, takes a look at some of the new features coming with 10g Release 2.

Resources

Mark Rittman’s Oracle Weblog

Bio

Mark Rittman is a Certified Oracle Professional DBA and works as a consultant on Oracle BI and Data Warehousing projects. Mark also chairs the UK Oracle User Group BI & Reporting Tools SIG and is an Oracle ACE.

Production Credits

Dana Farver, Executive Producer, Communities Editor-in-Chief
Tom Parish, Audio Producer, Show Host
Kimberly Stone, Web Development Manager
Scott Ebner, Web Developer