SQL - Licensing

Licensing of the BASIS DBMS and accompanying ODBC and JDBC drivers occurs in only one place: the BASIS database. It is not necessary to obtain a license for each installed ODBC or JDBC driver using the new BBj architecture. This is possible because of the fact that the BASIS DBMS is licensed on a per-connection basis, which means that each ODBC or JDBC connection will use one BASIS DBMS connection license.

For example, if a company has 20 employees who need access to the data residing on a BASIS DBMS, they may want to purchase a 20-user BASIS license. However, if only 15 of these employees will be using the system at one time, then the company would only require a 15-user license.

For the administrator this means that there is no need to manage any licensing whatsoever for the ODBC or JDBC drivers that access the BASIS DBMS.