use opatch 1.0.0.0.51, not 1.0.0.0.50. I find myself checking the notes on Metalink on a daily basis for this one. if you're running on win32 - the files under the "docs" folders are invaluable. Here is my favorite from the FAQ for OPatch: "Q32. My Oracle Home on Windows doesn't have Perl, so I download and install Perl from Active State. Now OPatch doesn't work... Set the env. var. ACTIVE_STATE_PERL to TRUE (all upper-case) (set ACTIVE_STATE_PERL=TRUE) Run 'opatch lsinventory' to see if it works " It sure works well for me that way. The FAQs for this security alert can be found here http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/showdoc?db=Not&id=282108.1 your original question is FAQ #2. It must be a popular one. :) Paul On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:47:52 -0400, Mercadante, Thomas F <thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David, > > Here's the best part. Oracle now has *two ways* of sending patches out to > us. One is the current (old) way where you run oracle installer. The other > (new) way is where you run Opatch. And even within Opatch, they do things > two different ways. Security Patch 68 has you run sqlplus and install new > packages, and then run patch.csh - which runs sqlplus and installs stuff. > > How many monkees work at Oracle? Seems like the bad old days are > reappearing - where the divisions are not talking to each other anymore, and > they release stuff that is not ready for prime time. I *hate* being forced > to apply patches (Security Patch 68) because they didn't test their own > software well enough. > > > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Wagoner [mailto:dwagoner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:41 PM > To: ORACLE-L (E-mail) > Subject: RE: Security Alert #68 - Have to upgrade versions prior to 9.2.0. 4 > > Tom and Paul, > Thanks for the feedback...looks like I will have to follow my original plan > to upgrade to 9.2.0.5 and apply the security patches, as well as the patch > for that index corruption bug. Now I just have to figure out if it's okay > to apply those patches together :-). The fun never ends... > > Best regards, > > David B. Wagoner > Database Administrator > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l