Re: Can you tell an Oracle Patch ??

Let me make sure I understand. If I don't have a support contract with Oracle, I can't download patches for our licensed copy of Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition? Is that the official line from Oracle?

Aaron

In article <962692311.15084.1.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl>,   "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:
> You need to have a Metalink account for that, you can sign up for
 Metalink
> with a valid Oracle Metals License/Support Contract.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> "Aaron" <asentell_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8jr4n8$8oo$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > Here's what I get when I run the query select * from v$version:
> >
> > BANNER
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
> > PL/SQL Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
> > CORE Version 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
> > TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
> > NLSRTL Version 3.4.0.0.0 - Production
> >
> > That would mean I am at patch level 0, correct? Where do I learn
 about
> > patches as they are made available and what they fix? Where can I
> > download them? As you might have guessed, I'm new to Oracle.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron
> >
> > In article <8jd9bo$h40$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > scjonson_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> > > Try:
> > > SQL> select * from v$version;
> > >
> > > BANNER
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.5.0.1 - Production
> > > PL/SQL Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
> > > CORE Version 8.1.3.0.0 - Production
> > > TNS for Linux: Version 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
> > > NLSRTL Version 3.4.0.0.0 - Production
> > >
> > > The 4th decimal is the patch set.
> > >
> > > hth
> > > Steve...
> > >
> > > In article <8jctug$7e8$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > > sjoshi_at_ingr.com wrote:
> > > > Hello All
> > > > I was wondering if Oracle records internally any patches that
 are
> > > > applied. I need a way to figure out if a user has installed the
 latest
> > > > patch. Is this possible ?
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > > Sunit
> > > >
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