Re: SQL*Net IP interface

Not that I'm an expert in Oracle license agreements, particularly those with the Feds (and, I suspect that you'll probably be able to get at least two divergent opinions from Oracle, depending on who you ask); but, it's my understanding that Oracle is normally licensed by the total number of USERS, no matter how they connect. As far as multiple copies of SQL*NET are concerned, at least on Unix, the SQL*NET "interface" is linked into both the tools (including the PRO*<language of your choice> runtime libraries and the RDBMS "kernel" at INSTALL time. At runtime, you should only need ONE "server process" per SERVER. The tools on each client (including whatever code you develop in 3GLs) only need to be linked with the correct libraries (which you would presumably do on the one machine).

As always, YMMV.

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