From: Thomas J. Kyte Subject: Re: replication Date: 2000/04/03 Message-ID: <8ca8oh$fl$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 References: <38E88F07.A30E6F48@Unforgetable.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x36.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.227.43.16 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Apr 03 14:10:37 2000 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDtkyte Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0) In article <38E88F07.A30E6F48@Unforgetable.com>, K Stahl wrote: > I am trying to help one of our sales people order Oracle 8.1.5 for a new > installation. Is there a difference between ordering the software with the > replication option and with the advanced replication option? If so, under > what circumstances would I want to get the advanced replication option? I > guess I don't understand what is available with the advanced replication > option that isn't available with normal replication. All I need to be able > to do is create snapshots that I can refresh on a regular basis. > see http://technet.oracle.com/doc/oracle8i_816/server.816/a76962/ch4.htm#735 94 and search for replication. basically: Distributed Advanced Replication Oracle8i Standard Edition No Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Yes Oracle8i Personal Edition Yes Advanced replication includes basic replication functionality plus multi-master replication, Replication Manager, and parallel propagation to maximize throughput. Distributed Basic replication Oracle8i Standard Edition Yes Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Yes Oracle8i Personal Edition Yes Oracle8i server fully supports bi-directional replication with automated conflict detection and resolution. Supported configurations include a single updatable master site with multiple updatable or read- only snapshot sites. ... read only snapshots are part of basic. -- Thomas Kyte tkyte@us.oracle.com Oracle Service Industries http://osi.oracle.com/~tkyte/index.html -- Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corp Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.