One of my most frequently-visited blog posts is Retrieving Oracle patches with wget. Recently, a commenter asked about using wget to download software from Oracle Technet (OTN). It’s a little more complicated to use wget to download from OTN, because there are cookies involved. This post discusses how to extract the relevant cookies from Firefox and Google Chrome, and use those cookies with wget to retrieve files.
A quick demo of using the –queryformat option to rpm to retrieve the architecture of an installed RPM.
A high-level summary of changes to EBS database objects and AOL entities after an upgrade from 11i to R12.
Random notes about the March 2010 VanOUG meeting presentations
Vancouver Oracle Users Group March 9 2010 meeting announcement
Notes on upgrading OLAP workspaces when migrating a database from 32-bit to 64-bit Linux.
Is opatch failing with the message “ApplySession failed: Patch ID is null.”? Might want to verify your opatch version…
A short blurb on the method and limitations of launching the EBS R12 Forms interface “manually,” without going through the HTML interface.
A look at a resolution of the dreaded, generic “You have encountered an unexpected error. Please contact the System Administrator for assistance” error. These are different or everyone, of course, but maybe someone else will see this someday.
If you’re in a position where you need to compile some of the JSPs in your EBS system, consider whether you need to compile them all, or can get away with compiling just a few.
