Re: 10g personal edition licensing question

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:18:05 +0200
Message-ID: <f2uqi9$rmk$1@news5.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>

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Jim Smith wrote:

> In message <f2splp$rn2$1_at_news2.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>, Frank van Bortel
> <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> writes
>> cumin wrote:

>>> I would like to obtain an Oracle license that would allow me to
>>> analyze and interpret and query about 10-20 GB of data. The production
>>> people upload delimited data to the public, which I download and
>>> insert using sqlldr.
>>>
>>> I am not developing an application. No other user needs access to my
>>> database. I provide a support role to the actual production team. I
>>> had been using the free download of the Enterprise Edition until I re-
>>> read the license and saw that using the database to analyze and
>>> interpret the data was expressly forbidden.
>>>
>>> Trying to talk to Oracle about this has been frustrating. In addition,
>>> all the license agreements posted by them appear identical,
>>> prohibiting the use of the DB for analyzing and interpreting data.
>>>
>>> Can anybody point me in a direction that will allow my employer to
>>> purchase a single user, license that will allow me to look at data?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>

>> How about XE?
> 
> Won't support 10-20GB.

Missed that - sorry.
But maybe the 10-20GB is unstructured, and can be stored in a 4GB database...

• -- Regards, Frank van Bortel

Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
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