javaguru_uk wrote:

> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Alexandre Benson Smith
> <iblist@...> wrote:
>
> Alexandre> My answers were as simple as your questions :-)
>
> I do understand how you were trying to help. Thanks for taking the
> time answer.
>
>

you are welcome.

> Alexandre> What I intend with my answers was to get more info about your
> Alexandre> project.
>
> Well, this is a police project, which means that I cannot give that
> much information away. I have signed a non-disclosure agreement. So,
> there is not much I can give away other than know if I can really use
> Firebird for this project.
>
> The solution provided by Carlton is pretty neat, but he was talking
> about 3 cities in 2 provinces. I am talking about 18 provinces. Now,
> you can more or less picture the scale of the project.
>

but I think the volume of all calls in a city could be far bigger than a
nation wide incident report to the police station. Of course I don't
have those numbers, but I suppose too.

> I have my questions more or less answered. One last question I have is
> regarding java or .net tools for datawarehousing with firebird. Does
> anyone know of any open source datawarehouse tool that can be used
> with firebird?
>

Don't know if tis is what are you looking for, but take a look at pentaho

www.pentaho.org

This one is not open source, but I had a look at it and found it pretty
impressive. It's not a datawarehouse tool.. but take a close look at it,
even if it's not for your project, it would be a good tool to have in
your toolbox.

www.tableausoftware.com

> Thanks in advance,
>
> Fidel.
>
>

see you !

--
Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br