confused!....cube or data mart?

hi
u can go for a datamart there is no ned for u to go to a
warehouse as ur scope is less and regarding to the cube i
didnt understand ur question.

>--Original Message--
>hi ppl...
>i'm a final year student in information systems and a
new comer in the field of data mining. i'm developing the
application using VB 6.0 for the front end and i'm using
SQL server 2000 : Analysis services for the back end.
taking customer transactions, my aim is to predict
customer buying patterns. im confused as to whether i
have to implement a data mart or a data warehouse to hold
my data.i'm also confused about the cube funtionality,
whether it has anything to do with data warehousing/mart.
the project scope doesn't include gathering data.
>.
>thank alot...but i'm confused as to what a data mart is? there are facts and
dimensions in data marts as well as in cubes. what is the diference between
these two. hold do i implement a data mart with regard to my project? does
analysis services provide t
he funtionality of building one?if so how is it done in context of my projec
t
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Ray Higdon MCSE, MCDBA, CCNA
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> thank alot...but i'm confused as to what a data mart is? there are facts
and dimensions in data marts as well as in cubes. what is the diference
between these two. hold do i implement a data mart with regard to my
project? does analysis services provide the funtionality of building one?if
so how is it done in context of my project
> thanks
>