Gary - I don't have that much experience with SE vs. EE, but my experience
has been that Oracle tends to provide many features, regardless of your
licensing. Think of it as the honor system. The problem for you is that if
you use features that your license does not entitle you to, then some day
your Oracle rep. discovers it and gently suggests a change in your license
policy. To your boss. So, in the words of Clint Eastwood: "Do you feel
lucky, punk? Well do you?".
Personally, I think the best policy is to check your licensing policy
carefully before using a feature.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
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I've read several articles about this aspect of Oracle 8i. However, the 8i
database I would like to implement it on is running Standard Edition, not
Enterprise Edition.
I have information comparing 8i SE vs EE features and VPD was listed as only
available if you are running EE. When I poked around the database it appears
that the DBMS_RLS package is installed and available. Before I try testing
this on a happy production server, can someone confirm whether or not I can
implement VPD on Standard Edition?
Regards,
Gary Norwell
Senior Systems Analyst
Hybrid Turkeys
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