If you need to install a patchset, you can create a response file for it and use the NEXT_SESSION and NEXT_SESSION_RESPONSE parameters in the response file to direct OUI to install it after the initial client install is complete. As for the .Net patches, I¹m not sure. Perhaps you could record their actions with WISE and have the batch file run that. On 3/12/07 2:09 PM, Jared Still wrote: > That's a good approach if you just need to do the initial install. > > In some cases we need to install 9i, install 2 levels of patches > and then some .Net patches, some of which must be done > manually. > > > > On 3/9/07, Jason Heinrich <jheinrich@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I created a response file for OUI that contained all of the options I wanted >> in a standard client install. I then call it from a batch file, which also >> sets up all the net config files. If you wanted to use this method, there's >> more info in the installation guide, in the appendix titled "Installing >> Oracle Database Client Using Response Files." --------------- Jason Heinrich Oracle Database Administrator Pensacola Christian College