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Lear wrote:
>You need Enterprise Edition to run a standby database. Check the
>documentation:
>
>http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_
>01/doc/server.817/a76962/ch4.htm#52939
>
>SO, you'll need a new license and a new version of the software. In
>fact, if you're planning on using two servers then Oracle may want you
>to buy an enterprise edition license for both of them, though you may be
>able to negotiate...
>
>Charly <SomeOne_at_SomeWhere.on.the.net> wrote in
>news:3F65CCA7.EE436228_at_SomeWhere.on.the.net:
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>
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>>Dear all,
>>
>>Sorry if this has been discussed previously. I searched this newsgroup
>>but did not find anything straigthforward...
>>
>>I'm using Oracle 8i (8.1.5) Standard Edition on Windows 2000 for a CIS
>>/ billing system. The size of the DB is about 50Gb.
>>
>>
>>
><SNIP>
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>
>>Charly
>>
>>--
>>Email : calebrun-No-Spam-I-Said!-_at_-yahoo.com
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You can not make blanket statements like that. Oracle changes its
license requirements about as often as I change by sox: Every morning
(so don't try interpreting it the other way around).
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Mon Sep 15 2003 - 15:16:28 CDT