Re: 8.1.7.4.12 patch installation

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:33:31 -0600, Ed Stevens <nospam_at_noway.nohow> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:50:57 +0100, Sybrand Bakker
><gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.nospam.demon.nl> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:42:33 -0600, Ed Stevens <nospam_at_noway.nohow>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>First, I wonder why you are copying files manually. The installer
>>>should do that for you.
>>
>>The installer can't be used, as there is no .jar file, just a bunch of
>>dlls, and instructions to copy them manually.
>> I ended up assembling a .cmd file.
>>Mind you the .12 patch is definitely not the only patch that is
>>delivered in this fashion. Oracle seems to consistently cut down on
>>quality and sound procedures.
>
>
>Ah. Unfortunately (for me) this is where my 'x' years of experience
>looks more like one year's experience, 'x' times. The few patchsets
>I've applied all went cleanly from the installer, so I assumed (I
>know! I know!) that they all were that clean.

With the current state of Oracle, you won't receive a tape a few times per year anymore, and you'll definitely download and apply 'x' patches per year, where 'x' is some magnitude greater than 2.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA