Cumulative Patch 8 addendum

A few days ago on 15th August Oracle released a second edition of CP8. This edition, using patch number 7306816, is only for the following 3 platforms:

• Linux x86
• Sun Solaris SPARC 32-bit (which is also good for 64-bit)
• HP-UX PA-RISC 64-bit

The reason for the updated patch is to fix some additional bugs specific to these platforms, namely:

BUG 6742626 - DISCOVERER DISCONNECT IF WE DRILL TO RELATED TO THE SAME ITEM TWICE
BUG 6933011 - 'AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM THE OPERATION' WHILE OPENING REPO
BUG 6686944 - FONT SIZE TOO SMALL EVEN IF ADJUSTPLUSFONTSIZE = "TRUE" AND ZOOM SET

If you are using Solaris and have already applied the initial patch then you should be fine, but since 7306816 has three more patch fixes, then this will be the one recommended by Oracle Support going forward if it is available for a specific platform. Personally, if I was on Solaris, I would apply 7306816 even if I had already applied the original 7111816. I like to have the latest fixes where possible.

As I say, it is currently released on Solaris, Linux and HP-UX.

The Windows platform will continue to use 7111816

See also:

My Original CP8 posting

My posting concerning patch numbers

By the way, if you are using E-Business Suite 11i or 12i then all of the cumulative patches for Discoverer 10.1.2.2 are certified for use. You do not need to wait for further confirmation by Oracle as this is part of the patch release testing.

However, neither Discoverer 10.1.2.3 nor its recently released CP1 are certified for use with E-Business Suite so do not upgrade to 10.1.2.3 at this time. 10.1.2.3 is a non-reversible upgrade so don't go there if you are using E-Business Suite. You have been warned!

Cumulative Patch 1 for 10.1.2.3

I am very pleased to announce that Oracle have finally released a cumulative patch for Discoverer 10.1.2.3.

So far this has been released for the following 3 platforms:

• Windows 32-bit
• Linux x86
• Sun Solaris SPARC (32-bit) - which means 64-bit as well

The following postings have been updated:

• Useful Patch Numbers
• DO not upgrade to Discoverer 10.1.2.3

Important Note: Neither 10.1.2.3 or CP1 is certified for use against E-Business Suite 11i or 12i, so please don't upgrade to 10.1.2.3 if you are using or intend to use Discoverer in Apps mode. 10.1.2.2 and all of its cumulative patches are certified so this is where you should be, at least for the time being.