OWB 10.2.0.2 - Problems

I have a repository on OWB 10.2.0.2. When I try to change something on a table I get an error about Invalid Upgrade Path. I have given the necessary permissions to the target schema and I have noticed that this happens mainly on tables with constraints.
To overcome this problem I'm trying to upgrade to patch set 10.2.0.3. I have successfully upgraded my server which is Windows 2003, but I am not able to do this on a client running Fedora 8 x86_64. The error message is that "OUI-10091: There are no patches that need to be applied from the patchset 10.2.0.3.0".
If there is a solution regarding the first problem, there is no other reason to do the upgrade. Can anybody help?
Thanx in advance.

Don't use Update as deploy action. Rather use Replace or Drop and Create.
Regards,
Jörg

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