Re: Patch #2189751 (8.1.7.3) questions

Thanks John

I read the bug report and I don't think it applies to me.

You are right about the incomplete instructions, at least I found them a tad confusing / unclear if anything.

Just to be on the safe side I'm calling Oracle support to find out what *exactly* it is I have to do for my particular installation and what I don't.

I'll post the answer here

cheers!

"John MacAskill" <jmacaski_at_bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:uvlvcu8gq3dd6lnqenmai92r2u7je8rb0t_at_4ax.com...
> Word of warning to the group. If you run Java and XML be very careful as
this is
> a particularly ugly patch. As with all previous 8.1.7 patches the read me
and
> installation instructions are incomplete and there are required steps
missing..
>
> I strongly recommend you consult with Oracle support before applying this
patch
> to verify if the issues are relevant to your installation.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> PS for details refer to bug 2350386 for further details
>
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:46:58 GMT, "Glen A Stromquist"
> <glen_stromquist_at_nospam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Just want to know if anyone else has installed this patch. I found that
the
> >patch notes instructions are not the clearest, and have you change the
> >init.ora file to disable system triggers on startup, rerun the catalog
and
> >catproc scripts, along with several others that seem to be for java if
it's
> >installed. But it's not clear if this all has to be done ONLY if java was
> >enabled in the DB or not.
> >
> >I put this patch in because I noticed that if the OS was shutdown the
> >databases were not brought down automatically as they were supposed to
be,
> >and did a crash recovery on startup. This patch is supposed to stop this
> >from happening. (and does)
> >
> >I installed on a test installation with 2 databases on it, I applied all
of
> >the changes on one database, and left the other database alone, started
both
> >databases, then restarted the PC without doing manual shutdowns on either
of
> >them. Checked the alert logs on startup and both databases started up
fine
> >with no crash recovery.
> >
> >This is on a workstation, and I installed the java component with the
> >initial install, but we have no databases that use java.
> >
> >I have to install the patch on two production machines, and don't want to
> >touch the databases any more than I have to. However I'm sure re running
the
> >oracle scripts is harmless enough, but I want to be sure.
> >
> >thanks.
> >
>
> Slainthe,
>
> John
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 09:43:17 CDT