Re: Clarification pls - Upgrade to 9205 with Security Patches Install Procedures (Solaris 9)

So, Dan,

Are you are saying that replacing all of the pl/sql and java packages with new code is not a form of patching?

It certainly is in my book.

And if you use dbca to create anything other than a "new" database, you don't get the new (pl/sql and java/jvm) code.

Sure sounds like the database gets patched to me.

And the template databases do not get this patching, so I think its a good idea to understand this difference, don't you think?

--Peter

Daniel Morgan wrote:
> Verna Legaspi wrote:
>

>> Peter Sylvester <peters_no_spam_please_at_mitre.org> wrote in message 
>> news:<chpq70$d4a$1_at_newslocal.mitre.org>...
>>
>>
>>> My understanding is that the prebuilt "template" databases are never 
>>> patched, so if you use any of them, even after patching the software, 
>>> you need to go and run all the database patch scripts.
>>>
>>> If you use the "new" database template, which builds everything from 
>>> scripts, you should end up with a fully patched database.
>>>
>>> Someone please correct me if I am in error on this...
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Peter... I was hoping this is the case.  Just to be completely
>> clear - you're saying the new/fully patched database will have updated
>> scripts I can use to simply create a database (and then import 734
>> database)... and therefore no other scripts are necessary?  ... Even
>> though the patchset or one-off patch readmes/notes may instruct to run
>> SQL scripts?
>>
>> -Verna