great.good analytical note.thanks jurijs On 8/2/07, Jurijs Velikanovs <j.velikanovs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > It is just a quick idea. I have suspicious that ad_applied_patches > contains information about patches that you applied on the system, > ad_bugs has information about all bugs and patches that have been > included in the patches you applied. > > For example you apply merged patch merge123 it contains 5 patches > 10001 10002 10003 … > ad_applied_patches – will have one record about merge123 > ad_bugs – 5 records > > Another example: you apply maintenance patch which includes 51 other > patches. In that case > ad_applied_patches – will have one record about maintenance patch > ad_bugs – 51 + 1 > > I hope my thought is clear for you. > > PS Anyway I use ad_bugs table in order to find out do I have one or > another patch to apply. > > Jurijs > > > On 8/2/07, sridhar rao <drmsr6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi DBA'S > > can u explain difference between ad_bugs and ad_applied_patches(which > > is asked recently. > > thanks in advance > > sridhar.m > > > > > > > -- > Yury > +371 29268222 (+2 GMT) > ============================================ > http://otn.oracle.com/ocm/jvelikanovs.html > >