Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!news-peer-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!enews.sgi.com!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail From: nsouto@optushome.com.au.nospam (Nuno Souto) Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: 8.1.7.0.0 / Win2k sp2 Organization: D.C.S. P/L Message-ID: <3b9b8e23.16189253@news> References: <_iLm7.16024$NK.1487585@news1.rdc1.va.home.com> <3b9b8218.13105129@news> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 28 Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 15:48:29 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.180.25 X-Complaints-To: abuse@optushome.com.au X-Trace: news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au 1000050509 203.164.180.25 (Mon, 10 Sep 2001 01:48:29 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 01:48:29 EST Xref: easynews comp.databases.oracle.server:117641 X-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 08:48:20 MST (news.easynews.com) On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 15:27:20 GMT, "Sathish Balas" wrote: >Yeah . I did call them . They wanted me to apply 8172 patchset . But i am >not experiencing any problems >that patchset will fix or it is supposed to fix . Do you understand what i >am talking about ? > Sure. Here is how I see it. 8170 was released before W2K was around (or shortly after, can't remember the exact month). It's quite possible that W2K might have broken something inside 8170. Hence your problems. So what support is asking you to do is not unreasonable. Patches don't just fix the list of problems you see in the notes. It might well be that 8172 fixes the problem you have. But if it doesn't, then it may provide more info for them to proceed. Hence their request. I would follow it. If the thing still happens, then they can look at it with all the latest info. If you're concerned that 8172 might break something else, don't. Usually patches in ORACLE don't do that. Note: I said *usually*! But in your case, ora-600 is not sustainable, so do it: install the patch. Cheers Nuno Souto nsouto@optushome.com.au.nospam