when to go for alias and when to go for contexts

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when to go for alias and when to go for contexts..

Answer / saloni

We use alias or context wenever we encounter a loop .If
there are more than one fact table use a context or if only
one fact table use alias

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when to go for alias and when to go for contexts..

Answer / yandapalli.prasad

When you have multiple fact tables then we have to go for
Contexts, there is no othergo. In the other situations we
can use aliases.

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when to go for alias and when to go for contexts..

Answer / vams_gk

Alias,contexr these two we can used to resolve join
problems.whemn we found a loop in our scheema design we
will go for alias,when we are able to run two sql
statements as a single query we go for contexts.

we have option for these in our universe tool bar window

tools-->auto detection--.context or loop

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when to go for alias and when to go for contexts..

Answer / manasa

Alias,Contexts are used to resolve join path problems.

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