>> and hope that the alerts have already been issued at least the day before I apply the patchset Do not install a patchset straight away after it is realest. Wait 1/2 of year. If you have been pushed to install new patch, install it in a test environment. If you got any problems log a SR with high priority. I would say it is normal DBA live nowadays. PS I don't believe it is just Oracle. Probably it is because many big SW companies doing developing outscoring and are in the rush to make a profit. Jurijs On 1/6/06, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > <rant and rave mode ON> > All of which sounds ridiculous. Going by that logic, I should not have > applied > the CPU-Oct05 patch without having applied the CPU-Jul05 patch .... no , > wait a minute, > I should have applied the CPU-Apr05 .. or even the CPU-Jan05 patch ... > > How could they assume that we religiously apply every patchset ? How many > times in a year should I schedule downtime for the 24x7 ERP database ? > If we could jump from 8.0.6.x to 9.2.0.1, surely we could go from 9.2.0.1 > to 9.2.0.6 or > 9.2.0.2 to 9.2.07. The PatchSet README's DO SAY that they are *cumulative* > ! > > <normal, hardworking DBA mode ON> > oh well. Before I apply the latest patchset I must look out for alerts > recommending, > pre-patch patches [and hope that the alerts have already been issued at > least the day > before I apply the patchset]. > > Hemant K Chitale > > At 06:07 AM Friday, Paul Drake wrote: > On 1/5/06, Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Concerning Solaris 64bit 9.2.0.4. > > I found this note that says I have to apply 9.2.0.6 before 9.2.0.7. > > > > Ray, > > That sounds quite familiar. > Originally, 9i R2 for lin_x86 was released as 9.2.0.3. > It was later re-released as 9.2.0.4. > The 9.2.0.5 patchset could not be applied to 9.2.0.3. > At the time, there was no note about it - it was simply a difference of > assumptions > (the patchset was produced with the assumption that 9.2.0.4 had been > applied). > > > > Hemant K Chitale > http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Jurijs +44 7738 013090 (GMT) ============================================ http://otn.oracle.com/ocm/jvelikanovs.html -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l