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 > --------------- Jason Heinrich Oracle Database Administrator Pensacola Christian College