Re: Patches for Oracle 9i

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:31:53 +0100
Message-ID: <47e550p1cf47f5a9hk8o0h8h9jr3ihi9o8@4ax.com>

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:11:15 GMT, Geert Diels <geert.diels_at_pandora.be> wrote:

>I have download oracle 9i for linux (Fedora Core 1).
>I want to install it on my PC but I need some patches
>>Download the following patches (3006854, 3119415) from
>>metalink.oracle.com.
>But I don't have access to metalink. I'm only a home user who likes to
>experiment with Oracle.
>Is there another way to get those patches?

There isn't. Read your license. Why would you get patches for free, where others pay for them while subscribing to Metalink. That doesn't sound fair, doesn't it.
Also, if you do need patches, you are on a production system, and you should pay for Oracle anyway.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Sat Mar 13 2004 - 01:31:53 CST