CRITICAL SKILL 9.10
Create SQL Models
One of the more powerful data analysis features introduced in Oracle Database 10g is SQL models. SQL models allow a user to create multidimensional arrays from query results. Formulas, both simple and complex, can then be applied to the arrays to generate results in which the user is interested. SQL models allow inter-row calculations to be applied without doing expensive self-joins.
SQL models are similar to other multidimensional structures used in business intelligence applications. However, because they are part of the database, they can take advantage of Oracle Database 10g’s built-in features of scalability, manageability security, and so on. In addition, using SQL models, there is no need to transfer ...
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