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Question:  What is the Difference between OLTP and OLAP

Answer:
Answered by swetha on 2005-03-30 12:00:33: OLTP 
 
Current data 
Short database transactions 
Online update/insert/delete 
Normalization is promoted 
High volume transactions 
Transaction recovery is necessary 
 
 
OLAP 
Current and historical data 
Long database transactions 
Batch update/insert/delete 
Denormalization is promoted 
Low volume transactions 
Transaction recovery is not necessary 
 


January 01, 2007 16:48:07 #9
 mahesh4346   Member Since: January 2007    Total Comments: 6 

RE: What is the Difference between OLTP and OLAP
 
Hi SwethaThanks a lot for the answer
     

 

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