Re: What is a "database"?

["Karl Lauritzen Jr." <klauritzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thats what I have been doing to our data for years. We are an insurance
company. And I looked at the various data looking for trends. It helped us
go into markets or expand profitable markets that we had not realized until
we looked at the numbers. So in effect I was data mining. Huh who would have
thunk it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Langston" <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: What is a "database"?


> Data Mining is a new concept.  Data Mining looks at data in
> a different matter than a simple data base.  Say, for instance,
> you have all your sales in a file (most people do).  You also
> have your vendor file, and the dates.
>
> You now look at your data by dates, say, and see that a
> certain product sells 25% more during a certain 3 month period
> then any other months.  Looking for a correlation you see the
> months are November, December and January.
>
> By data mining you can, as administration, say you need to stock
> up on umbrellas 25% more during the winter months <g>
>
> Stuff like that.  I don't think the title should apply to a programmer,
> though, as that's not really what programmers do.  Do they ever
> get titles right?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
> "Karl Lauritzen Jr." wrote:
>
> > > What is this data mining deal? I thought thats why the as400 was so
cool.
> > You had your data ready to be mined at any time by any program.
> >
>

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