Re: Oracle 9i - Spatial vs Locator

From: Chris Morgan <chris_at_lynxuk.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:21:13 +0100
Message-ID: <bbnqdu$t82$1$830fa795@news.demon.co.uk>

Hi Brian,

The Oracle 9i Spatial Users Guide and Reference, Apendix C: Locator says:
"Locator is available with both Oracle9i Standard Edition and Oracle9i Enterprise Edition. Spatial is a priced option available only with Oracle9i Enterprise Edition. Spatial includes all Locator features as well as other features that are not available with Locator."

I have inferred from this that basic spatial functionality can be used without having to purchase a Spatial licence.

What I'm looking for is a test like the number of schema objects in MDSYS
to check whether Locator or Spatial is installed, plus the SQL scripts I would need to run to install Locator and Spatial manually.

cheers,

Chris

"Brian Peasland" <oracle_dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:3EDF5E75.E3DD1B06_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...
> IIRC, at least for 9i, Oracle Locator is only installed when you
install
> Oracle Spatial. So you'll need to leave Oracle Spatial installed on
your
> system if you want to use the Locator portion.
>
Received on Thu Jun 05 2003 - 11:21:13 CDT