RE: Oracle license requirements for unused options

From: Dunbar, Norman (Capgemini) <"Dunbar,>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 15:00:10 +0100
Message-ID: <919FC80F27E0C6428106496EDF92A752126209A6_at_EXCCLUS05.PRODDS.NTNL>

Hi Richard,

>> In dba_feature_usage__stats which I read somewhere may not be exactly
>> correct, but now they know if you've ever used the feature never mind
>> currently using. Tricky.

Well, the script I was supplied with by Oracle Licensing to run an audit, and which will be used if Oracle ever audit you, uses it as follows:

SELECT

0                     ||',' ||
DBID                  ||',"'||
NAME                  ||'",'||
VERSION               ||',' ||
DETECTED_USAGES       ||',' ||
TOTAL_SAMPLES         ||',' ||
CURRENTLY_USED        ||',' ||
FIRST_USAGE_DATE      ||',' ||
LAST_USAGE_DATE       ||',' ||
AUX_COUNT             ||',' ||
''                    ||',' || -- skip FEATURE_INFO clob
LAST_SAMPLE_DATE      ||',' ||
LAST_SAMPLE_PERIOD    ||',' ||
SAMPLE_INTERVAL       ||',"'||
DESCRIPTION           ||'",'||
'&&HOST_NAME'         ||',' ||
'&&INSTANCE_NAME'     ||',' ||
SYSDATE               ||','

FROM DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS; and also:

• 10g DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS (10g and higher)

  ---

  define OPTION_NAME=DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS define OPTION_QUERY=10g define OCOUNT=-942 col OCOUNT new_val OCOUNT noprint select ltrim(rtrim(to_char(count(*)))) as OCOUNT FROM DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS;

select '&&GREP_PREFIX.,&OPTION_NAME.,&OPTION_QUERY.,&&OCOUNT.,count,"'||

        NAME               ||'",'||
        VERSION            || ','||
        DETECTED_USAGES    || ','||
        TOTAL_SAMPLES      || ','||
        CURRENTLY_USED     || ','||
        FIRST_USAGE_DATE   || ','||
        LAST_USAGE_DATE    || ','||
        LAST_SAMPLE_DATE   || ','||
        SAMPLE_INTERVAL     ||','

  FROM DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS; select '&&GREP_PREFIX.,&OPTION_NAME.,&OPTION_QUERY.,&&OCOUNT.,'||

        decode(&&OCOUNT., 0, 'count,', '"ORA-00942: table or view does not exist",')
  from dual where &&OCOUNT. in (-942, 0);

The first one creates a csv file and the latter creates another one that looks like it is "grepped" (by Oracle Egypt where the data are analysed) - so, even if the view is "wobbly" it is still used by Oracle.

Cheers,
Norm.

Norman Dunbar
Contract Senior Oracle DBA
Capgemini Database Team (EA)
Internal : 7 28 2051
External : 0113 231 2051

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Received on Wed May 18 2011 - 09:00:10 CDT