Re: Which data warehouse use?

I write Python scripts to handle it all. Python has a great database API that is really easy to implement. I connect to the AS/400 database using ODBC and to the MySQL db with the Python MySQL driver. The programs are quite simple. If you haven't used Python before, don't be intimidated by it. It is really easy to get started with. And, if you are already familiar with SQL then writing these scripts would be really easy.

I'm happy to help as much as possible to get you going if you're interested. I really like using Python and enjoy getting others hooked...

-Jim

On 10/5/2010 9:32 AM, Jack Kingsley wrote:

Jim, what are you using to move the data between the I and your MYSQL
Server.

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Jim Steil<jim@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I take the opposite approach. In my mind the data warehousing data is
all reproducible from my production data. Therefore, I don't need the
robustness (and extra cost) the i offers. I take all of my data to
MySQL running on commodity hardware with Ubuntu. Low cost and really
very fast. Users can hit this database with their reporting tool of
choice all they want with no ill effects on the production systems.

As for data warehousing software, we don't do anything fancy. We write
programs to generate all necessary standard reports to excel or pdf. Ad
hoc is done using MS Access (yuck) by our end users or using SQL and
programming as necessary when it gets too complicated for the end users.

Just my $.02

-Jim

On 10/1/2010 2:27 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

I think that managing disparate systems is the biggest challenge in IT,

and the

biggest waste of time. If it were up to me, I'd migrate MS SQL Server

and

PostgreSQL server data and applications to IBM i. And not surprisingly,

I'd do

data warehousing under IBM i, too. I can't recommend any separate data
warehouse system. Just create SQL views of IBM i tables, and run queries
against them.

-Nathan



----- Original Message ----
From: Tomasz SkorÅa<t.skorza@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 11:53:49 AM
Subject: Which data warehouse use?

Hi guys

I have one database on DB2-400, one on MS SQL Server and one on

PostrgreSQL.

Which dedicated software for data warehouse you propose to use - best if

open

source - and which

database use for warehouse?
Other DB2, MS SQL, Postgre or maybe mySQL?

I will be gracefull for any ideas and prompting

Regards

Tomek

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