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"Frank" <fbortel_at_home.nl> wrote in message news:3CDA6742.20306_at_home.nl...
> Niall Litchfield wrote:
>
> > "Frank" <fbortel_at_home.nl> wrote in message
news:3CD98CA0.3090206_at_home.nl...
> >
> >>I'm not sure Oracle still applies this schema - I was getting used to
> >>it when the Oracle rep I regulary speak announced it would be changed.
> >>Again. This schema was about 2 month in effect then.
> >>
> >
> > Nope. It is per processor now period. The problem with the UPU was when
you
> > replaced your db server hardware after say 3 years with processors at
twice
> > the speed. your license cost doubled for no business benefit.
>
> So Oracle changed it indeed - as I was afraid of.
They changed it for the better.
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK ***************************************** Please include version and platform and SQL where applicable It makes life easier and increases the likelihood of a good answer ******************************************Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 06:33:00 CDT