Difference between Opatch apply, and manually applying pathces

Hi All experts,
I have a confusion about applying Oracle software patches. I want to know what is the difference in applying patches using the Oracle "OPatch" utility and manually applying patches (using "setup.exe" or "runInstaller"). Also, why "OPatch" is called the "Oracle interim Patch Installer"? what is meant by Interim patch?, can somebody exaplain to me all this?
Thanks in advance.
Siddiqui.

Thanks for all the replies, but I am still not very clear about this. For example I have Oracle database 10g release 10.2.0.1, and I want to upgrade it to release 10.2.0.3. Then, in this case should I use OPatch? or should I run the OUI (setup.exe / runInstaller from Disk1 of the downloaded path)?
Also, how many types of patches are there like bug fixes, enhancements, upgrades, and how they are applied? do they affect only the software? or, do they also affect the data (not data itself, but the internal database data formats, for example)?
Thanks in advance.

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Table 1                      Table 2
A
B
C
D
D
E
F
G
H
a1
b1
c1
1
1
e1
f1
g1
h1
a2
b2
c2
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3
e2
f2
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h2
a3
b3
c3
2
4
e3
f3
g3
h3
a4
b4
c4
3
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    | a2 | b2 | c2 | 1 | 1 | e1 | f1 | g1 | h1 |
    | a4 | b4 | c4 | 3 | 3 | e2 | f2 | g2 | h2 |
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ENDSELECT.
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Note
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A
B
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F
G
H
a1
b1
c1
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e3
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h3
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Logistics cockpit: As preparation for the repair request, delete the SetUp table (if you have not already done so) and fill it selectively with concrete document numbers (or other possible groups of documents determined by the selection). Execute the Repair request.
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Refer.
Repair full request
Re: Repair full request
Steps to perform repair full request
full repair request
repair full request
Re: Repair Full Request
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