Well, to save you money on that oracle introduced new feature in 9i: "MERGE" (when you don't know where to use INSERT or to UPDATE, if record exists):))
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 4:08 PM > Does using UPDATE statements cost more money too? I heard that Oracle wants > to start charging based upon how many records you are going to insert, > update, select AND delete!!! Amazing.......... > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:29 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Doesn't sound like a trick to me... Although I am sure they > are out for money, after all that is what the sales folks do, SELL. > > If they had chosen to audit you the result would have been the same. > You implemented you pay for it. Sounds fair to me within the grounds > of Oracle pay through the teeth licensing. > > -----Original Message----- > Canaan > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 11:03 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Watch out! I just got off the phone with our Oracle "sales rep". He > was asking me if I needed information on Partitioning or OLAP for our > data warehouse project. I told him that we are on 8.1.7, so the OLAP > option isn't available. To keep him from going into a long speil on > Partitioning, I told him that I have already implemented that, which is > true. > He jumped on that and told me that we aren't licensed for it. He > followed up with sending me a quote for $23,800 to cover the fact that > we are using the option, which we didn't pay for. I was always told > that we have a "site" license (higher ed), and he said that our license > was purchased prior to Partioning being available, so that doesn't > count. > > I'm telling everyone about this as a heads-up. It appears that Oracle > is digging for money, and I feel that the approach that was used was > done to trick me into admitting that I had implemented the feature. > > -- > Scott Canaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > (585) 475-7886 > "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put > into it" - Tom Lehrer > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Scott Canaan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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