The failover database pricing has been this way for years. But finding the official document on Oracle's web site is not always easy and I lost the link. The link was posted on this list just a couple of months back. HTH -- Mark D Powell -- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:24 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: stdby and Oracle licensing Thanks. I really do understand this and that Oracle is now embracing this as the gospel. Is this a recent change as I am 99.99% sure that it did'nt always used to be this way and that under EE one got standby that one did not have to pay in addition for so long as it was'nt open and used for some number of hours. -- .. David > >> This is actually (surprisingly) straight-forward. >> Probably one of the few things related to oracle Oracle licensing >> that is... -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l