RE: AD_APPLIED_PATCHES

  • From: "Nelson, Allan" <anelson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:47:43 -0500

You are correct.  APPLSYS is an Oracle Financials userid who owns all
the AD stuff.  In financials AD loosley corresponds to admininistrative
functions.  AD_APPLIED_PATHCHES in particular contains Oracle Financials
patches applied to the application stack using the adpatch utility which
updates that table.  It does not include RDBMS patches.  Just to be
nitpicky and anal, if you use admerge and merge multiple patches into a
single patch, AD_APPLIED_PATCHES does not magically tell you the content
of your merged patches.  You have to track that for yourself.

You should report to your management that you have, as is far too often
the case, an ignorant person running off a script that they don't
understand.  You will likely get generic auditor crap recommendations
that will have something to do with your business only through
coincidence. 

for your reference:

desc applsys.ad_applied_patches
 Name                                      Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------- --------
----------------------------
 APPLIED_PATCH_ID                          NOT NULL NUMBER
 RAPID_INSTALLED_FLAG                               VARCHAR2(1)
 PATCH_NAME                                NOT NULL VARCHAR2(120)
 PATCH_TYPE                                NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
 MAINT_PACK_LEVEL                                   VARCHAR2(30)
 SOURCE_CODE                               NOT NULL VARCHAR2(3)
 CREATION_DATE                             NOT NULL DATE
 CREATED_BY                                NOT NULL NUMBER
 LAST_UPDATE_DATE                          NOT NULL DATE
 LAST_UPDATED_BY                           NOT NULL NUMBER
 IMPORTED_FLAG                                      VARCHAR2(1)
 IMPORTED_FROM_DB                                   VARCHAR2(30)
 IMPORTED_ID                                        NUMBER


-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Hennesy
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:53 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AD_APPLIED_PATCHES


I am running an Oracle 8.1.7.3 database and have an auditor who is
requesting that I produce a listing of all the rows in the table
APPLYSY.AD_APPLIED_PATCHES. The problem I have is that table doesn't
exist. We do NOT have Oracle applications and I believe that this is a
table that comes with Oracle Apps 11i.
The auditor is insistent that the table should be there and is wondering
what I'm trying to hide. If you can confirm this is an Oracle Apps table
for me or let me know what I should run if it is just a script that I
should have run that I missed.
All replies will remain confidential; I'm just trying to verify my
sanity.
Thanks - Mike


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