Re: patches

[Yechiel Adar]

Title: Pro*C for Oracle 817 on Win2000?

We only apply patches as needed and where needed. For example: I had a problem with export taking a long time on one system. I installed a patch for this problem (after testing in test environment of course) only on that database.   My motto is: If it ain't broken do not fix it.   I have seen too many follow up fixes to install something I do not need.   Yechiel Adar Mehish ----- Original Message ----- From: Boivin, Patrice J To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:05 PM Subject: patches I am wondering how your sites handle patching production servers.   I just did a search in MetaLink, since 8174 was released there have been 48 patches (if I just select RDBMS).   If I select other items in my search, I get upwards of 70 additional bug fixes.   How do high reliability sites handle patching?  I assume they would rather fix potential problems (testing the patches on a testbed of course) rather than just apply bug fixes as problems are encountered on production servers.   regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)