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What are Fact tables and Dimension Tables?

Answer Posted / nitin

Fact table :- It consists of foreign Keys and MEasures(Numeric values)

Dimension :- It provides descriptive information relating to the foreign key in a fact

Eg:- in employee table i have ename empid sal
in manager table i have mname mid and sal

so there are two dimension table
1--> emp table contains enmae eid(PK) sal
2--> Mgr table contains mname mid(PK) sal

Fact table contains
eid(FK) mid(FK) esal and msal

PLease correct me if i'm wrong

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