how to design string type datawarehouse?

if the fact table have some string type measure,how to design start schema ?
Could you be more specific as to what you're trying to do? Why do you feel
that a string datatype measure would pose a problem?
"x" <xiaopeng@.creditbeijing.com.cn> wrote in message
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> if the fact table have some string type measure,how to design start schema
?
>
|||For example,the fact table record some education information: somebody in
somewhere at sometime get some education level certification.
how to design this star schema?
so no measure or only string type column(can't be aggregation) ,How to
tuning the database for ad hoc query?
"Adam Machanic" <amachanic@.hotmail._removetoemail_.com> д?
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> Could you be more specific as to what you're trying to do? Why do you
feel[vbcol=seagreen]
> that a string datatype measure would pose a problem?
>
> "x" <xiaopeng@.creditbeijing.com.cn> wrote in message
> news:%23vy5$UMaEHA.2944@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
schema
> ?
>
|||Why not make "Education Certificate" a dimension all of its own and then have a simple measure "Count".
Regards
Jamie
"x" wrote:

> For example,the fact table record some education information: somebody in
> somewhere at sometime get some education level certification.
> how to design this star schema?
> so no measure or only string type column(can't be aggregation) ,How to
> tuning the database for ad hoc query?
>
>
> "Adam Machanic" <amachanic@.hotmail._removetoemail_.com> D′è????￠
> news:e9LU7qQaEHA.1248@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> feel
> schema
>
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