Re: How to find Oracle client patches on Metalink

  • From: Jason Heinrich <jheinrich@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx>, oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:17:33 -0500

I am not aware of any standalone patchsets for the client: I have always
used the server patchset to update the client.  The 10.2.0.3 patchset
includes the new timezone files, so I¹ve made it an automatic part of my
default client installation.

If by Desktop Edition you mean Express Edition, then no, it cannot be
patched.


On 4/27/07 11:18 AM, Ethan Post wrote:

> If I want to find a server patch I just enter "RDBMS Server" select the OS and
> patch level, and hit search. Makes perfect sense. However, I am trying to see
> if any of the client components have been patched. I would expect that I
> should be able to enter "RDBMS Client", but I can't. Instead I see options
> like SQL*Plus and I don't readily see any patches for that. I have in the past
> used the server patch to patch the client to correct issues, even though I
> could never find a client patch. So this means they must be fixing client
> components and only including those fixes in the server patches.
> 
> So, does anyone know if the 10G R2 client has been patched and if so how do I
> find it without having to download and apply the server patch, which I am not
> even sure will work in 10G?
> 
> Also, can Desktop Edition be patched?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ethan
> 



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Jason Heinrich
Oracle Database Administrator
Pensacola Christian College

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