1. You could apply the jumbo patches for 8.1.7(1.0) or 8.1.6(3.0) by copying 8.1.X/stage.tar, untarring it anywhere on the local disk, and running $ORACLE_HOME/bin/runInstaller. In 8.1.X dir there are README files which give complete instructions 2. You could just patch the listener by following the instructions in just-listner/rev/README.txt 07.18.2001 Miki