Oracle Warehouse Builder Patch Set Available

Mark Van De Wiel has advised that the 9.2.0.4 patchset for Oracle Warehouse Builder 9.2 is now available on MOSC, using patch ID 3443542.

The patch is currently available for Windows and Solaris, with patches for Linux, HP-UX, AIX and Tru-64 expected within the next month.

The patchset addresses bugs and issues with the 9.2 release, and the resultant upgraded 9.2.0.4 version of OWB is the version that the 10g release will be based on. According to Mark, the 10g version of OWB will be released around one week after the Windows version of Oracle 10g Database, and the only difference between OWB 10g and OWB 9.2.0.4 will be the support for Oracle Database 10g as a source and target. The delay in the release of OWB10g is due to Oracle's desire to wait until Oracle Database 10g is released on Windows, as this is the primary development platform for OWB users.

The patch needs to be applied to both client and server, and is platform independent; i.e. the same patch is supplied for both Windows and Unix.

When OWB 10g comes out, it'll be included into the 10g Developer Suite bundle (it's currently missing from the developer preview version), with the server side elements eventually being bundled in by default with the 10g Database install.