Re: command line vs grid control

On Jul 10, 3:00 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
> joel garry wrote:
> > On Jul 10, 8:50 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>
> >> You can't write a shell script to check metalink for patches.
>
> > Noons explained why this might not be such a great idea, from what
> > I've seen with users on XP having strange things happen with automatic
> > updates to their OS and apps, I'm not convinced it can be a good idea
> > anywhere any time soon.
>
> > But I think it would be nice if there were some way to write a script
> > to check metalink for patches.
>
> The Grid does exactly that. It does not automatically apply patches.

Thanks for clearing that up, it's been a while since I've looked at it. Regardless, if you have a place with people that only know grid, might they place too much trust in what Oracle tells them to do and think things like "well, I wouldn't be a good DBA if I didn't apply the latest security patch..."?

jg

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