Re: Turn off Partitioning

If there is a record of you using a chargeable feature you are risking a big back payment they are not kind to big or small if you can rebuild the dB.

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chopt is a way to go as it is documented here: https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/ladbi/chopt-tool.html#GUID-057E4EFC-74ED-43B3-B03B-C83C5A5D3C7F The exact commands it uses are in $ORACLE_HOME/bin/chopt.ini. Here is an example for partitioning (it is basically as Jonathan said with an additional command to make oracle):

[partitioning]
option=Oracle Partitioning
enable=run:/usr/bin/make -f /u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk<http://ins_rdbms.mk> part_on ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1;run:/usr/bin/make -f /u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk<http://ins_rdbms.mk> ioracle ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1 disable=run:/usr/bin/make -f /u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk<http://ins_rdbms.mk> part_off ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1;run:/usr/bin/make -f /u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk<http://ins_rdbms.mk> ioracle ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/21.3.0/dbhome_1

On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 09:34, Jonathan Lewis <jlewisoracle_at_gmail.com<mailto:jlewisoracle_at_gmail.com>> wrote:

It's a very long time since I did one, but the most secure way to deal with the problem is to create an Oracle executable that does not include the bits you don't want to pay for; but many years ago - for UNIX systems - I would use "make" to create new libraries and executables.

If you go to $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib you will find a file called ins_rdbms.mk<http://ins_rdbms.mk>, this is the control file for make-ing Oracle. If you know where the log files are for the Oracle installation you will find there a file called something like "make.log". At the top of the file you'll find a line like:

/usr/bin/make -f ins_rdbms.mk<http://ins_rdbms.mk> clean rat_on part_on dm_on olap_on sdo_on rac_off dnfs_off ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/

In this line "part_on" is one of the targets for make, and if you search ins_rdbms.mk<http://ins_rdbms.mk> you'll find the rule that applies for part_on; just below that there's a rule for part_off.

So you could execute make, changing the command line you find to use part_off instead of part_on (and changing the ORACLE_HOME/as appropriate. However, there are 3 things I would do first:

1. Wait for a sanity check for someone who's done this some time in the last 10 years; I haven't done it since 8i
2. Talk to whoever installs Oracle at your site to make sure that my (potentially outdated) information about make is still okay
3. Do a complete Oracle software install to a new Oracle Home - because the install might allow you to pick No-partitioning in the setup pages, and it's far better to do this type of thing with the official mechanisms if they exist.
4. If you have to mess about with make, do it on the second Oracle Home.

Regards
Jonathan Lewis

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