It is correct, you can create up to ONE PDB for free. Just one PDB does not activate the option in dba_feature_usage_statistics. Moreover, on SE you cannot physically create more than one PDB or you'll get ORA-65010. Here's the proof: http://www.ludovicocaldara.net/dba/oracle-database-12c-an-overview-of-the-standard-edition-rac/ Best regards -- Ludo 2014-06-06 14:52 GMT+02:00 Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>: > My understanding that it is free if there is ONLY one PDB database in the > CDB. > >>>> Hans Forbrich <fuzzy.graybeard@xxxxxxxxx> 6/6/14 8:22 AM >>> > > On 06/06/2014 5:20 AM, Niall Litchfield wrote: >> Multi-tenant has been introduced as an extra cost option, and its an >> option I think a reasonable number of customers, but by no means all >> will pay for. > > Actually - multi-tenant *architecture* is NOT an extra cost option. I do > believe that it will be the only variant in some future Patch Set or > Release. > > From the online Licensing doc, at > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/license.121/e17614/options.htm#DBLIC2166 > > "Oracle Multitenant includes the following feature: > > The ability to have up to 252 PDBs per multitenant container database > > *The multitenant architecture with one pluggable database (single > tenant) is available in all editions without the Multitenant Option.*" > > There are other examples: Spatial is an option, but Locator, which has > the same code, is not. Partitioning for use in your tables is an > option, but Partitioning of the Data Dictionary is not. > > /Hans > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > . -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l