Joe Celko's Analytics and OLAP in SQL

Before SQL programmers could begin working with OLTP (On-Line Transaction Processing) systems, they had to unlearn procedural, record-oriented programming before moving on to SQL's declarative, set-oriented programming. This book covers the next step in your growth. OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing), Data Warehousing and Analytics seen in aggregate and over time, not as single transactions. Once more it is time to unlearn what was previously taught.

RDBMS programmers a map of the terra incognita they will have to grow.

* Expert advice from a known SQL authority and award-winning columnist, who has given these years of service to readers.

* First book that teaches what SQL programmers need in order to successfully transfer data from OLAP.

* Offers real-world insights and lots of practical examples.

* Covers the OLAP extensions in SQL-99; ETL tools, OLAP features supported in DBMSs, other query tools, simple reports, and statistical software.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Basic Reports & History
Chapter 2: Crosstabs
Chapter 3: Star and Snowflake Schemas
Chapter 4: Data Migration
Chapter 5: MERGE Statement
Chapter 6: OLAP Basics
Chapter 7: GROUPING Operators in SQL
Chapter 8: OLAP Operators in SQL
Chapter 9: Cubes
Chapter 10: Data Quality
Chapter 11: Correlation
Chapter 12: Distributions
Chapter 13: Market Baskets
Chapter 14: Decision and Regression Trees
Chapter 15: Computer Intensive Analysis
Chapter 16: Relationship Analytics
Chapter 17: Database Architectures