Other than relational databases using tables as key entities, multidimensional databases use another approach. They define data models based on the relation of tables, which include business ...

Your source for the news, opinions, and reader reaction on the industry’s hottest controversy. Excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed. Working with relational databases, we ...

Most database startups avoid building relational databases, since that market is dominated by a few goliaths. Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server have embedded themselves into the technical fabric ...

Junk dimensions are often misunderstood and avoided. And they should not be. Junk dimensions offer a strategy to remain true to dimensional intentions and to better focus one's design and sometimes ...

In a world that is all about new apps and cloud computing, sometimes the important stuff doesn’t look new or cool. Sometimes key small business tools are just functional, they might have been around a ...