Thanks, that is indeed an interesting source. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Michael Fontana <mfontana@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Here's an interesting commentary on it from the big O website: > > > > http://www.oracle.com/global/nl/education/specials/sp269.htm > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Niall Litchfield > *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2008 5:45 AM > *To:* David Ballester > *Cc:* ORACLE-L > *Subject:* Re: Temporal Databases > > > > I think so, I should have said that I'd googled the subject and got not a > whole lot out of it, other than the blog below, Rob Squires research > presentation from 2005 and a bunch of scientific articles. I already knew > about slowly changing dimensions as well (in theory not practice) > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:20 AM, David Ballester < > ballester.david@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 2008/11/6 Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Nope, not a Star Trek - Voyager reference though it sounds like one, but > something that our CEO was asked about by a customer. I have to confess to > never having heard the term. Other than FlashBack Query/Data Archive has > anyone any experience/understanding of this term as it relates to Oracle? > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.orawin.info > > > > > Hi Niall: > > > May be is referening to this? ( googling by oracle temporal databases ) > > http://www.rittmanmead.com/2005/10/21/temporal-databases/ > > Regards > > D. > > > > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.orawin.info > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info