On Apr 10, 2005 9:35 AM, Christian Antognini < Christian.Antognini@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi > > As pointed out by other repliers the partitioning option is only an = > enterprise edition option, i.e. you have to pay for it if you want to = > use it. But, be careful, in 10g the partition option is always = > installed, even in the standard edition! Why? Because Oracle uses it to = > manage the AWR repository... which is curious then, because you can't - so far as a I can tell - legally > use the AWR on Standard Edition. Its part of the diagnostics or performance > EM packs - which are an EE only option. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l