Bryan, The partitioning license is needed if you use the option for your business, etc. You can use the product to learn and play. Yes, it is a separate license. Ron >>> Bryan Wells <bunjibry@xxxxxxxxx> 01/31/2005 12:41:29 PM >>> Please excuse my ignorance. Especially when it comes to licensing. Because Im learning by fire, like most of you may have im sure, im curious about partition licenses. I have a 9i datawarehouse on w2k that uses table partitions to segment out fiscal years. is this partitioning an add on to the EE license? -- Bryan S Wells - DBA Newbie bunjibry@xxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l