Learn Discoverer Blog: CP8 for 10.1.2.3 released

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

CP8 for 10.1.2.3 released

Just wanted to let you know that on October 5, 2010, Oracle has released CP8 for 10.1.2.3. You will find it on MetaLink as patch number 9694503. When compared to CP7, 10 bugs have been fixed.

So far this cumulative patch has been released for the following platforms:

IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 32-bit
Linux x86 (works for both 32 bit and 64 bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86 (32-bit)

If you are upgrading to CP8 from any patch level prior to CP4 then JDBC patch patch p4398431_10105_GENERIC.zip for bug 4398431(release 10.1.0.5) needs to be installed before you apply CP5.

This patch needs to be applied to all Oracle Homes, i.e. Infrastructure home as well as all related midtier homes.

Bug 4398431 - HANG WHEN RETRIEVING A CONNECTION FROM THE IMPLICIT CONNECTION CACHE

The following posting has been updated:

Useful Patch Numbers

1 comment:

Fredrik said...: Hi

Are these CPx patches for Plus and Viewer only? For Desktop and Administrator on Windows XP 32 what patch should be applied for me to be on the latest patch level?

/fredrik; 7:17 AM

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