Install patch BEFORE creating databases

From: Michael Schmarck <usenet-michael_at_schmarck.cn>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:50:17 +0200
Message-ID: <6etluqF8s8ucU1@mid.individual.net>


Hi.

On a Solaris 10 Sparc 64bit system, I did a "software only" install of Oracle 10.2.0.1.0. Now I'd like patch it to 10.2.0.3.0. But how do I do that?

I ran "runInstaller" from the patch and pointed it to the directory where I installed the Oracle 10.2.0.1.0 software. But then I get an error message telling me, that there already is such a directory. And if I specify some empty directory, OUI tells me, that there's nothing to patch in this directory.

Is it possible to install the 10.2.0.3.0 patch if there's no database yet available?

Thanks a lot,

Michael Received on Fri Jul 25 2008 - 04:50:17 CDT

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