Re: Oracle licensing

Stan Novinsky wrote:
>
> Here's one of the age-old questions: what constitutes a User and what
> constitutes a client?
>
> Does one SQLnet connection to the server database count towards a "User
> License" ?
>
> Ex:
>
> Assume:
> NT Workstation Running the Oracle8 Client Software (Net8, SQLPlus 8,
> etc.)
> Alpha Server (AS) 1200 running Oracle 7.3 Server configured to run as
> client only, no DB.
> Alpha Server (AS) 8400 running Oracle8 Server with a DB (DB1)
>
> a. From the Workstation, I launch an application that uses Net8 and
> ODBC to connect remote
> DB1.
>
> b. From the AS1200, an application program uses SQLnet to connect to
> remote DB1.
> Again, from the an application program uses SQLnet to connect to
> remote DB1
>
> Does this mean that the two processes on one AS1200 constitutes one user
> (using one SQLnet connection) or does each of the processes have its
> own SQLnet connection and constitute two users?

In the Oracle Administrator's Guide there is a chapter about licensing, and in this chapter there is a 'Warning' note which states, that the max. number or concurrent sessions (as specified using the initialization parameters) has to be adjusted when multiplexing one session over several clients. So if you share one session between n users, then it is as you had opened n different sessions. At least that's the way I understand it. Actually I'm not sure whether your case is the same situation, you have to contact Oracle probably.

It also seems that Oracle requires companies to buy licenses for umlimited concurrent users when giving access to the db using web applications,
since almost every web application uses session multiplexing. At least in my country it seems to be that way.

bye
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Sam Jordan Received on Mon May 03 1999 - 01:29:06 CDT