Perhaps he was referring to the difference between Enterprise edition and standard edition. Joel Patterson Database Administrator 904 727-2546 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gints Plivna Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 7:36 AM To: ecandrietta@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Jared Still; ORACLE-L Subject: Re: How can I identify the database > I found that the BITMAP index is a payed resource, that for running it > is required LICENSE. Since when? And where it is written? That's not true. See licensing guide http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/license.112/e10594/editions.htm#BABDJGGI for complete info what is and what isn't extra cost option. Actually from installed instance with extra cost options (which are available only for enterprise edition) you CANNOT understand whether option is legally installed and used or not. This information you have to find in some adminsitration and licensing docs between your organization and reseller. There is no way to get to know that from installed instance because installation process has nothing to do with license documents. Gints Plivna http://www.gplivna.eu -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l