Oracle OLAP Option Background - History Page

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	Jul 10 2008, 12:34 PM EDT	olapdba		edit	7 words added
Change: 2007 – Oracle Database 11g was released 2007 – 11.1 – OLAP option integrated with query rewrite engine to expose cubes as materialised views.From the above timeline it is clear that the technology behind the OLAP View changes from previous version. (Word count: 737)
	Jul 10 2008, 12:33 PM EDT	olapdba		edit	231 words added 9 words deleted
Change: 1977 – Software Development Laboratories (SDL) is the predecessor of Oracle was founded by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates. (src) 1978 – Oracle Version 1 (never officially released) (src) 1979 – Oracle Version 2 (RDBMS) was released, SDL becomes Relational View changes from previous version. (Word count: 731)
	Jan 9 2008, 11:01 AM EST	jcarey	Correct express language.	edit	1 word added 1 word deleted
Change: FortranAED. 1985 – Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) purchased MDS. Express was completely rewritten in C 1988 – IRI introduced first financial product, Financial Management System 1993 – E.F. Codd coined the term OLAP and E.F. Codd, S.B. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 547)
	Jan 9 2008, 10:41 AM EST	keith_laker		edit	8 words deleted
Change: 2001 – Oracle 9i R1 (Internet) was released 2002 – 9.2.0 – Express was fully integrated into the Oracle Kernel as the OLAP option 2002 – Oracle 9i R2 (Unbreakable) was released 2003 – 9.2.0.3 – The OLAP option test with more than 10,000 users in Oracle 9i RAC View changes from previous version. (Word count: 547)
	Jan 9 2008, 10:35 AM EST	jcarey	Clean up dotted list.	edit
Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details. (Word count: 554)
	Jan 9 2008, 9:09 AM EST	keith_laker	Rename	rename	No content added or deleted.
Change: Renamed from Oracle OLAP Option - Background by keith_laker Jan 9 2008, 9:09 AM EST for: Rename
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	Jan 9 2008, 9:03 AM EST	keith_laker	Moved from: Oracle OLAP Option	move	No content added or deleted.
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	Jan 9 2008, 9:02 AM EST	keith_laker		edit	1 word added 1 word deleted
Change: consiseconcise overview and history of the Oracle OLAP Option.The Oracle OLAP Option originally started life over 35 years ago as the ground breaking multi-dimensional engine called Express. The time line for Express and its subsequent integration into the Oracle database is as follows: 1967 – Management View changes from previous version. (Word count: 554)
	Jan 9 2008, 9:00 AM EST	keith_laker	V1 Background page - initial setup	edit	556 words added
Change: From the above timeline it is clear that the technology behind the OLAP option itself is not new. The core technology has been around for View changes from previous version. (Word count: 554)
	Jan 9 2008, 8:41 AM EST	keith_laker		create	No content added or deleted.
Change: Created by keith_laker Jan 9 2008, 8:41 AM EST for: no reason given