Приветствую,

зарегистрировал SR с очень простым и понятным вопросом:

Can I use UTL_HTTP package in Oracle 12c STANDARD EDITION?

Ответ получил тоже однозначный:

To your question as to can UTL_HTTP package be used in 12c STANDARD EDITION, the answer is yes.

Лично я из этого логически вывожу, что, несмотря на RAS, пользоваться UTL_HTTP, и, следовательно, ACL - можно и в других версиях нежели EE. Конечно, Оракл может использовать свою логику, отличную от общечеловеческой (как в случае с лицензированием на виртуализации), поэтому хорошо бы, если были бы и другие SR с похожими ответами - получив официальный ответ через support, потом Ораклу трудно будет предъявлять претензии.

Пожалуй что да, а то потом прикинутся шлангами:
-Да, на Солнце можно смотреть в телескоп. Целых два раза.

Уточнил им свой вопрос, жду, что ответят:


Thank you for your answer.
So, it means, that RAS option can be used in Oracle 12c Standard Edition without any charges, if ACL is used for UTL_HTTP package?

My very question comes from the following chain of facts:
1. Usage of UTL_HTTP requires ACL, as described in official documentation:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/12.2/arpls/UTL_HTTP.html#GUID-1B6BE132-8358-417C-99E6-22B376E809D1
2. Since Oracle 12c, ACL is part of Real Application Security (RAS), as described in official documentation:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/12.2/upgrd/network-acl-and-oracle-database-12c-r2-upgrade.html#GUID-A5AEFB4A-2153-44C0-A17A-554AF3D75A91
3. RAS is not included in Oracle 12c Standard Edition 2, as described in official documentation:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/12.2/dblic/Licensing-Information.html#GUID-0F9EB85D-4610-4EDF-89C2-4916A0E7AC87

That means, that either UTL_HTTP cannot be used by user other than SYS in Oracle 12c Standard Edition 2, or RAS can be used in Oracle 12c Standard Edition 2.

Am I correct? I need this answer because as far as I know, usage of UTL_HTTP leaves trace in dba_feature_usage_statistics, that means, that Oracle auditing of licence usage can claim that Enterprise Option was used. So, I going to use this official Oracle support answer as permission to use ACL in Oracle 12c Standard Edition 2 and beyond without any additional charges.

Значит, если кому интересно:

Получил официальный ответ от Оракла, вкратце - ACL можно использовать и дальше бесплатно во всех версиях Оракла:

The RAS feature appears as being used because the ACE uses RAS structures.
What I'm told is that Network ACLs are still a feature of Standard Edition. The internal implementation isn't important.
Without access to Real Application Security, you don't have the graphical interface to RAS and all the other features, but the underlying structures would be there for use internally by Oracle.

ACLs are free in all Oracle Database editions and versions ( they were introduced in 11g ). In 12c instead of ACLs we are using ACEs and they are based on RAS feature. There is no additional license.