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 Posted by Tony Rogerson on 11/03/05 09:24 
Thats just not true. 
 
SQL Server 2005 introduces the Unified Dimensional Model (UDM) that helps  
you build a dimensional model over your relational structure using Data  
Source Views; depending on your schema there is often a case when you don't  
need to build a specific seperate physical star schema. 
 
Check out http://www.microsoft.com/sql/analysis/overview.mspx as your  
starting point. 
 
As well as a very powerful and reliable RDBMS engine, the SQL Server product  
set comes with Analysis Services (you should know that if you post in the  
Microsoft SQL Server forums), that is a highlighy scalable, in 2005 anyway,  
dimensional query engine using MDX. 
 
--  
Tony Rogerson 
SQL Server MVP 
http://sqlserverfaq.com - free video tutorials 
 
 
"--CELKO--" <jcelko212@earthlink.net> wrote in message  
news:1130937250.736180.274310@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... 
> Without any other information I would go with the Star schema.  But I 
> would not use SQL Server since it does not have an optimizer that is 
> meant for this kind of work.  DB2, Teradata, etc. can handle this much 
> better. 
>
 
  
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