“mark whitehorn”

Data warehousing and data mining allow decision-makers to leverage information and organizational knowledge to gain competitive advantage. These pages take a non-intimidating look at IBM's Business Intelligence Applications, in particular the Visual Warehouse and the OLAP Server.Business Intelligenc... More

Currently, IBM's DB2 is the most powerful database management software for large mainframe systems. The new version of DB2 for the Windows NT platform has generated much enthusiasm and is quickly becoming the NT developer's database of choice. The CD-ROM contains original IBM, DB2 product code and a... More

The first two editions of Inside Relational Databases have both been best sellers. These new editions will also cover the relational database model but will use different engines to illustrate the model. In doing so, readers will be able to apply the model using their preferred database engine. Init... More

"Accessible AccessJ2003" is written in a highly readable style, with lots of examples, hints, and techniques for building tables, extracting data, and generating reports. Starting with the basic componentsJof a database--tables, forms, queries and reports--the authors show step-by-step how to create... More

Providing first time users of Microsoft Access with the core information needed to create and manipulate Access databases, the authors focus on the most commonly used and needed functions. This highly readable presentation avoids going into theory.Written by the team who brought you "Inside Relation... More

Explains the relational model in reader-friendly terms, using many examples. The four parts cover: A simple, single-table database, Multi-table single-user database, Multi-table multi-user databases, and Related database topics. CD ROM included.The second edition of the best-selling Inside Relationa... More

Database books currently tend to fall into two categories: highly theoretical and detailed textbooks and manuals which teach how to use the software but not the underlying theory. Neither type of book explains why the reader would want to do many of the things they describe. Marklyn and Whitehorn co... More

Fast Track to MDX (for SQL Server 2000) Second Edition Mark Whitehorn, Robert Zare and Mosha Pasumansky OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) is the most powerful Business Intelligence tool currently available and Microsoft's Analysis Manager makes OLAP cubes incredibly easy to build and deploy. Howe... More

OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) is the most powerful business intelligence tool currently available and Microsoft's Analysis Manager makes OLAP cubes incredibly easy to build and deploy. However, the real power of OLAP lies in its ability to help you solve real-life business problems; to releas... More