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Ponniah, Paulraj.

Data warehousing fundamentals / by Paulraj Ponniah

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ISBN 0-471-41254-6 (cloth: alk. paper)

1. Data warehousing.

QA76.9.D37 P66 2001

658.4'038'0285574—dc21

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