Re: Patching Oracle without shutting down the database

hpuxrac wrote:

> fitzjarrell_at_cox.net wrote:
>

>>I wouldn't plan on modifying the accepted and supported patching method
>>any time soon as I expect Oracle Support will take a dim view of this
>>type of exercise.  You could easily lose support because of your
>>actions.

There are instances where a vendor has refused support for customers who do foolish things and expect the vendor to bail them out.

>
> Getting advice from oracle support to recover the database from before
> the patching attempt along with a re-install. That sounds more likely.
>

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Michael Austin.
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