OTN members access to metalink

Could someone pls explain to me why oracle does not allow OTN members access to metalink.
It would be great to get access to metalink's equivalent of Microsoft's knowledgebase and patches

If you buy Tech Tracks, you'll get access to Metalink for one year. It only costs about $200.00 US.
Go here to learn more:
http://www.oracle.com/webapps/techtracks/
cheers,
Jason

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Access to metalink

Hi all - quick question - I can obviously get to the forums ok but when I click on a Metalink document anyone suggests I read, I can't view it, I just get
My Oracle Support screen coming up with a warning saying that 'Access to all other features from My Oracle Support is not available'
There is a pending request from when I first tried to register using the CSI I was given with a request status of pending and when I click on view administrators
I can see the email of the previous DBA who has since left.
Does anyone know how I can resolve this please as I'm not getting very far contacting Oracle
Cheers
Lesley

For all problems related to My Oracle Support (aka metalink), please contact the support. Here is "only" a forum based on volunteers, not Oracle people. OTN forums are completely outside the Oracle support world.
Nicolas.

Team members access thru Assignment rule

When defining the Assignment Rule for Account f.e. the administrator can define the Team Members to be assigned to the account, and their access levels.
My doubts refers to this level of access x the level of access defined thru the user role/access profile. In other words... if thru the Access Profile the user X has a Read-Only access to Account object... and if thru the Assignment Rule - Team Members I give the user X the access Full...
Should I understand that for every other account (except the ones assigned thru assignment) the user X has a Read Only access...and for these accounts assigned thru Assignment the user X has the Full access ?
Txs. for any hints.
Antonio

Antonio, your understanding is correct.

How can i access oracle metalinks ?

Hello to all ;
I need to check Oracle support's metalink note: IPC Explained [ID 29232.1].
How can i check it ? i am asking what's the procedure to access it ?
Thanks ..

Only users who have paid suppport can access MOS. Purchase a support contract.
If you have a support contract then just use the MOS home page, register and have at it.
https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/MosIndex.jspx?_afrLoop=495364068742276&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=2tejviwwy_4

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Unable to access Metalink to download patched 8.1.7

We need to download the latest patch level for 8i but we cannot access the Metalink system. We contacted OTN and they sent the following note in an email.
We are aware of the KnowledgeBase issue and are working to resolve it. We will
send an email out when access has been restored and we also plan on extending
all subscriptions for 2 months to account for the downtime.
Best Regards,
OTN
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Account Team Members and access to Open and Closed Activities

Is there not a way to allow account team members access to view other members on the teams activities?

If you are the owner of the pertinent Account, then for the other users on the Account Team, the Default Access Profile would be applicable, which you should change.
For the Account record type, the access level can be kept as anything (read only, read/edit or read/edit/delete). In the related information for the Account record type, have the access levels of Completed and Open Activities as View.
So, if you add the account team members in the Users section in the Account activities, the activities (appointments/task) would appear in each of the user’s calendars and tasks section.
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Metalink access question.

Hi,
I am having issues installing Siebel (in a test environment), and was wondering if having access to Metalink may help me.
Does anyone know if purchasing a database standard edition product, with support give me access to Siebel articles on Metalink ?
Or would that be limited to just the product I purchase ?
Thanks

I am able to access it successfully.
Your error indicates it is an Adobe Flash issue - pl uninstall and reinstall the latest version of Flash from Adobe.
http://cloudnebula.blogspot.com/2008/10/digest-mismatch-with-rsl-framework300.html
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Patch download from OTN

Hi,
Would it be possible to make the oracle RDBMS patches available for downloading from the OTN-site?
I've tried many times to download the 8.1.7.2 patch for AIX from metalink, but the download (260 MB) crashes after a few MB's. (I am in Gabon, Afrika, with not very stable internet connection).
I haven't been able to get any resuming download manager to work with the site.
From the OTN site however, I can download big files, because my download manager can resume files from this site. If the patches were on the same server, I could download them.
Sending patches via mail, on cd, is not an option, because mail can take months, and even not arrive at all here.
I hope you can help,
Ruud Schilders ([email protected])

The list of [OPN benefits|http://www.oracle.com/partners/home/why_allusers/en/assess.html] on the Oracle Partner site is probably the first place to look.
OPN members do get Metalink access, which does technically allow you to download patchsets. It does not, however, give you a license for those patchsets (i.e. you still need to have a proper production license and a proper support license).
Justin

OTN Requirements and Patch Availability

Hi people,
Several people I know have mentioned their frustration at the following...
They are OTN members (personal), are not employed by partners or customers (ie. with Oracle identifiers) and have downloaded products from OTN or invested in the tech tracks to gain access to Oracle products for evaluation, development and skills training. (Recent IT graduates looking at increasing employment chances, as background for certification etc).
Full marks to Oracle and the OTN team for these services.
However, unless I have missed something vital (and I have asked Oracle locally too - with no response), the patches / upgrades require Metalink access.
Does anyone else think it strange that the minimally supported versions are not supplied on OTN? (For example, XDB posting guidelines suggest don't even bother asking unless you are using DB 9.2.0.4.0 due to bugs in earlier versions). But how are people described above supposed to upgrade their instances to even the unofficially supported versions without public access to the major patchsets?
Anyone got any further information regarding this policy?
Lachlan Pitts

Hi,
I would agree with your comments. I have purchased the business intelligence tech track and all I rec'd was ONE
shipment of CD's with no documentation and very limited access to metalink - no access to patches etc.
When u compare this is what Microsoft are offering, Oracle should hold their heads in shame!. For example I requested the microsoft oracle to sqlserver evaluation kit and rec's the sqlserver evaluation CD, documentation both written and on CD, and detailed info on how to migrate from oracle to Sqlserver.

Policy on download access to CPU's (security patches)

Does Oracle provide access to OTN members for security patches, namely the most recent, October CPU for Oracle 10g rel 2? Or, is this access available only for those with metalink access?

I'm honestly trying to understand the security risk here.
If you're using the OTN license, then there are a limited number of Oracle databases installed on development machines in your organization with no access to the internet and no sensitive data. The vast majority of development machines I've ever seen are horifically vulnerable because no one bothers to spend the time locking them down in the first place-- it's a lot easier to attack a system when the front and back door aren't locked than to figure out how to infiltrate through the chimney. I've never seen a licensed organization where patches were applied to every Oracle database on every laptop, every application server on every laptop, the FTP server that got installed on some random dev machine for testing, etc. I can't imagine a shop where Oracle wasn't even in production wanting to go through that effort every quarter.
Oracle virii and worms are, while not impossible, are extremely rare, so the risks tend to come from attackers explicitly targetting a system, and no one is going to attack a dev system with no production data.
Even if the worst happens and one of your dev databases is compromised, what is the loss? At worst, you uninstall Oracle and reinstall and a developer has lost an hour of their life. I'd wager that it would take way more time to apply the patch (and fix all the little things that the developers forgot at the time) than to rebuild the database if it were lost.
If I'm missing an important attack vector or security concern, I'd certainly be interested in hearing about it. At the moment, though, I just don't see a cause for concern.
Justin

How to access _global variables in different domain

hi
i am loading a swf in local and this has to be communicate the swf which was in the server(different domain). using the system.security.allowdomail i can access the variables, but i can't able to access _global variable.
Pls tell how to access _global variable in different domain
Thanks in advance
@flash

Ganesh,
It should work the way you mentioned it. I don't see why it
didn't unless there is a spelling mistake or something. If there
is you should have a got an error message. :-)
I actually don't recommend using globals at all, I would rather
use a PL\SQL Package Specification to define Global Variable.
These variables are valid for the duration of the Session and
they are restricted to Char(255) limit. It reduces the number of
mistakes when converting dates and Such. It also forces the
developers to place all the globals in one place instead of
multiple places. Read Feurstein's book on PL\SQL Programming for
more details.
Sunil
MS Ganesh (guest) wrote:
: Hi Steve,
: I know how to assign values to global variables.
: I did the following
: Form Name : FIRST_FORM
: :global.group_id := 'SUPERVISOR'
: call_form('SECOND_FORM');
: In Second Form
: When New Form Instance
: Message(:global.group_id);
: No message is displayed.
: Please explain to me the steps in detail.
: Thanks in advance.
: Bye
: MS GANESH
: Steve (guest) wrote:
: : Just assign value to global variable i.e.
: : :global.foo := 'anything'; or
: : COPY('anything', 'global.foo');
: : to remove global variable
: : ERASE('global.foo');
: : Note: global variables are always VARCHAR2(255);
: : MS Ganesh (guest) wrote:
: : : Dear OTN Members,
: : : I would like to pass values between forms,
: : : I know it is possible to do it by using Parameters.
: : : But I would like to know how to use global variables to
: : : accomplish the same task.
: : : Thanks in Advance.
: : : Bye
: : : MS Ganesh
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Internet access to the SolMan

Hi,
I want to know if it is possible to reach the SolMan via Internet access?
We want to give the project members access to the project documentation in the Roadmap.
Until now I could not find any practical links. But I have heard that´s possible via cFolders.
Can somebody help, please?
Thanks a lot.
Cheers

Hello,
If you want to have access to documents which are located on the project documentation tab, one possible work around is to display the document attributes dialog.
From this dialog, you can generate an URL by using the push button with title Create.
This will generate a URL and put it in the clipboard. Then you can send this URL to your project members.
If you want to access the whole project documentation tab, I don't think that there is any functionnality.
Best regards,
Thierry

Better Redirect for OTN HELP

Hi,
This is Oracle Support Technical Services HUB requesting if the following issues could be reviewed.
1) If the OTN area on the 'Contact Us' page could be more prominent, or be listed 'above' the Oracle 'Support' Contact Numbers.
2)Likewise, when someone selects OTN or Downloads and then the 'Contact Us' link. It should just display the OTN relevant information. If the Oracle Technical support number still needs to be displayed on this same page 'Contact Us' can a disclaimer be added under the 'Support' area that this 1-800-223-1711 phone number is for Customer's with a valid CSI or support contract for Oracle Support only, not for OTN free or downloaded software or OTN members general questions and then maybe a redirect could be done to the 'Forums'.
2)When an OTN download fails and 'page cannot be displayed error occurs' can we redirect customers to the new OTN Member Services area.
Reasons for this request: Is that whenever a download fails or a customer has OTN questions with any part of the site the first number usually called is the 'Oracle Support Technical' 1-800-223-1711 phone line. Which we then have to redirect customer back to Forums etc.
We do see there is a new OTN member services area in forums with different areas for topics, this is a great improvement.
Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me directly [email protected]

Tringa wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply.
The BB is fine now; it came back up later the same evening, I assume after the work was finished.
I got the impression there was a script involved.
Is there any way that a BT customer can check for work on the line? If I could have done this a couple of days ago and had found out work was being done, I would have just left it for a while and not have called the Help Desk.
Dave
If there is work that is affecting a number of customers, BT generate a fault number for every user, which can be viewed by logging in to your online account, and viewing faults.
These fault numbers stay on the system for a couple of days, so yours may still be there.
Major service failures can be seen here http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15036/~/service-update
I hope that helps.
Please return here again if you need any help
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
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Need script profiler.sql (available on Metalink, Doc Id: 243755)

Hi All,
I need a document available at metalink named script profiler.sql (Doc Id: 243755). I don't have access to metalink. Please, someone do me a favour. Paste the content here in forum or email me the doc ([email protected]).
Thanks for your support.

Hi Mr Sybrand,
I know u r so helping in this forum but I think u go harsh sometimes. I hope u read my reply before u replied. I wasn't asking something for FREE while I didn't know that it can't be obtained for free.
I agreed on that it is NOT allowed to get info from metalink without the proper license.
Oh, I didn't know this. At least someone look into it and tell what is it all about and how the same could be achieved, if possible. Thanks.I guess the first reply told me this fact.
-Mukesh

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