http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1637495,00.asp But I wonder where the support staff is going to come from to support the testing of these patch bundles? Or is it "Test, schmest. Just get monthly downtime on your 24x7x365 (now known as '...x353') DB to apply patches." Knee jerk: Not seein' it. Rich ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------