Why you need another oracle_home?
Barbara Baker wrote:
>
> I hate oui.
> hateithateithateithateithateithateithateit
>
> I need to upgrade an 8.0.5 database to 8.1.7.4
> (Solaris 2.6) Oracle will not support direct upgrade,
> so I need to upgrade 8.0.5 to 8.1.7, then as a
> separate step patch up to 8.1.7.4 So I need 2 8i
> oracle home's: the 8.1.7 vanilla which I'll delete as
> soon as the database is upgraded, and then the
> 8.1.7.4, the db's permanent home.
>
> I currently have 2 copies of 8.1.7 vanilla on 2
> separate mount points, and I'm trying to apply 8.1.7.4
> patchset to 1 of them. I set the environment for the
> correct directory tree, then run runInstaller. I
> consistently get the message "There are no patches
> that need to be applied from the patch set Oracle 8i
> Patchset 8.1.7.4". I assume this has something to do
> with the inventory location, but I don't know how to
> fix it.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Barb
>
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