Re: Patch #2189751 (8.1.7.3) questions

Good luck

On Wed, 01 May 2002 14:43:17 GMT, "Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_nospam.yahoo.com> wrote:

>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
>

Slainthe,

John Received on Fri May 03 2002 - 06:13:04 CDT