> Just wanted to give a heads up to everyone...I've been researching OLAP
> tools and came across a product by DataDynamics called DynamiCube.
> It's one of the easiest and most powerful Olap tools I've come across.
> Seagate Software has an OLAP tool called Seagate Analysis but it's so
> rudimentary and slow that there's no point in using it. Dynamic Cube is
> better than the VS flex grid because you can easily shift dimensions and
> pivot. And it's  easy to use.  It can literally take 30 seconds to set up
> and implement (the time to create the SQL statement for the control). 
While
> the dyanmic cube doesn't do everything I'd like it to, the strengths
> definitely outweigh its weaknesses.  You do need a strong client 
workstation
> with lots of memory so it may not be practical in all cases, but I
> definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to be able to analyze data 
that
> resides in a database!

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