If it's of any help I eventually I managed to get through to the old patch lookup system with this rather cumbersome URL. https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/SavedSearches/switch_to_advanced?orderb y=3&direction=d&sortcolpressed=&tab_number=&urlc=v1.2 Rgds ________________________________ From: DOBSON L. [mailto:lisa.dobson@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 10 November 2009 15:29 To: niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx; Johnson, George Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Metalink Fiasco I have the same issue for the patches link in IE8 - empty search results table and the spinner thing going in the top RH corner. The other issues I had in IE8, unable to view articles in the Knowledge Browser and problems with viewing SR's all seem to be resolved now. Having said that, I hit the 'feedback' link in MOS a couple of times last week about the issues I was having unable to read articles. I got a nice automated email late Thursday to let me know they had raised it as an SR, with a URL to enable me to view progress online.....(can you see where this is going yet?) Come Friday, the link in the URL was broken and the SR does not show up in my MOS... sigh.... From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Niall Litchfield Sent: 10 November 2009 15:02 To: George.Johnson@xxxxxxx Cc: Jan-Hendrik.Boll@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Metalink Fiasco The patches link works on the html pages, but not in i.e.8 for me. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Johnson, George <George.Johnson@xxxxxxx> wrote: Has anyone managed to download any patch clusters through this wonderful new system? After spending ages filing the patch search criteria, it simply throws up a box with dozens empty lines and the annoying little spinner thing carries on twirling along while I get more frustrated! Ha ha! I tried the HTML only one, but the Patches link seems to be a dead-end. Please consider the environment before printing ******************************************************************************************** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as an invitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. GAM operates in many jurisdictions and is regulated or licensed in those jurisdictions as required. To the extent this email has been sent to you by any GAM company domiciled in the EU, being GAM (U.K.) Limited, GAM Sterling Management Limited, GAM International Management Limited, GAM London Limited, GAM Fund Management Limited, or GAM Fonds Marketing GmbH i.L., please note the following details in respect of each such company: - GAM (U.K.) Limited (a company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales with company number 01664573); - GAM Sterling Management Limited (a company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales with company number 01750352); - GAM International Management Limited (a company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales with company number 01802911); - GAM London Limited (a company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales with company number with Company Number 00874802) Each of Registered Office: 12 St. James's Place, London, SW1A 1NX GAM Sterling Management Limited, GAM International Management Limited and GAM London Limited are each authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. GAM Fund Management Limited (a company limited by shares and registered in Ireland with no. 156828) of Registered Office: George's Court 54-62 Townsend Street Dublin 2, Ireland GAM Fonds Marketing GmbH, i.L. (a company limited by shares and registered in Germany under No. HRB 66857) of Friedrichstrasse 154, D-10117 Berlin, Germany. The competent Commercial Register is "Amtsgericht Charlottenburg" in Berlin. Liquidator: Daniel Durrer.