Data Modeling & Warehousing Fundamentals
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Quiz: The Two Worlds and Why They Need Different Schemas

OLTP and OLAP optimize for opposite things. Trying to use one for the other is the source of most warehouse pain.

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Why would a query like `SELECT region, SUM(revenue) FROM orders WHERE month = '2026-04-01' GROUP BY region` typically be slow on an OLTP database?