Remember also, that even if the point data is stored as lat/lon instead of an SDO_GEOMETRY object, you can still create a spatial index on it to leverage the nearest neighbor/sdo_interact type functions that require a spatial index as a primary filter for the operation. That capability is highlighted here in 9.2.1 http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14255/sdo_exten.htm#i1005799 --- On Thu, 4/30/09, Rich Jesse <rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Rich Jesse <rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: database function to get distance between 2 latitude/longitude > points > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 12:00 PM > Ahhh, my new Nugget of Oracle Licensing Nuances of the Day. > > Thanks, Jason! > > Rich > > > Oracle Locator is a subset of the Spatial option, and > is included in all > > editions of Oracle. > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l