Hi all, We are trying to install OPatch on Oracle Portal DB for the sake of exp-imp. As oracle says that this patch is required to install bug which is there for Oracle Portal DB. But its giving the error. Can anyone throw some light on this. E:\OraHome_1\2617419\OPatch>opatch apply Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 1.0.0.0.53 Copyright (c) 2005 Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.. We recommend you refer to the OPatch documentation under OPatch/docs for usage reference. We also recommend using the latest OPatch version. For the latest OPatch version and other support related issues, please refer to document 293369.1 which is viewable from metalink.oracle.com<http://metalink.oracle.com> Oracle Home = e:\orahome_1 Location of Oracle Universal Installer components = E:\orahome_1\oui Location of OraInstaller.jar = "E:\orahome_1\oui\jlib" Oracle Universal Installer shared library = E:\orahome_1\oui\lib\win32\oraInstal ler.dll Location of Oracle Inventory Pointer = N/A Location of Oracle Inventory = E:\orahome_1\inventory Path to Java = "E:\orahome_1\jdk\jre\bin\java.exe" Log file = e:\orahome_1/.patch_storage/<patch ID>/*.log The patch directory area must be a number. ERROR: OPatch failed because of problems in patch area. OPatch returns with error code = 170 E:\OraHome_1\2617419\OPatch> TIA -- Thanks & Regards, T. Onkar Nath OneAPPS Enterprise Technology Pvt. Ltd. to_onkar@xxxxxxxxx onkarnath.tiwary@xxxxxxxxx