Hrishy, You shoul upgrade the database itself to. Check the readme of the 10.2.0.4 patch for which steps you should follow to upgrade the database. regards, Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator e-mail: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel. +32 (0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of hrishy [hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 15 July 2009 08:31 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Upgrading from 10.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.4 Hi I am planning to upgrade a dataabse from 10.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.4. I have create a new oracle home containing the new binaries of 10.2.0.4.For upgrading my existing 10.2.0.3 database should i simply point my database to the new 10.2.0.4 home or i should also be running the catupgrd.sql script ? regards Hrishy -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l