Patch Set for 8.1.7.4 failed to upgrade

We have an instance of Oracle 8.1.7.0 on a (now unused) server, running on Windows NT 4. I thought I'd take the opportunity to upgrade this to 8.1.7.4, to learn about the process.

I downloaded the patch set from Oracle (81741_nt_release.zip), unzipped the file, and slavishly followed the directions in the README file (I used the "silent installation" option for step 4 of the process, running setup.exe). Things proceeded with no problems. When I was all done, I checked the version in v$session:

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production PL/SQL Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
CORE 8.1.7.0.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.7.0.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 3.4.1.0.0 - Production

There's no sign of any version change. (!?!)

I guess I can run through the whole thing again, but it was agonizingly slow (the computer is a 300 MHz Celeron, 256 MB of RAM).

I have googled for some discussion of this, without success. I was hoping that some kind soul in this group could shed some light on why nothing seems to have happened to the Oracle version. Is there some step that I must have omitted? Was it a mistake to use the "silent installation" option?

Thanks in advance for any information.

Anne Nolan Received on Mon Nov 17 2003 - 10:39:33 CST