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Alternatives to Flash version of My Oracle Support

I am sure you all know this but this is for those who do not! :) For those who think that the flash version of MOS is slow (including yours truly), Oracle provides the html version of MOS. For those who were accustomed to using the Metalink (when MOS was Metalink and George W Bush was the president of the US of A - not the father, I'm talking about the son) patch search and download page, do not fret. You can use the classic patches window to get the old page (and a lot of memories) back! To open any MOS note id, you can use this link . Only substitute Note ID 221211.1 with the note id that you want to open.

WGET shell Script for downloading patches

What I have to offer this time is a script using which you can download patches using WGET from Meta.....oops, from My Oracle Support, I should say! This script needs (or accepts) the following parameters: 1. Me...oops...MOS Username 2. MOS (I got it right this time!) password 3. Patch file name 4. ARU Number You can get 3 and 4 in the following way: Using MOS: Query for the particular patch, click on the download link, click on WGET Options on the left side bottom corner and then copy the WGET script to clipboard. That script will have both the patch name and the ARU number. Using HTML (supporthtml.oracle.com): Query for the particular patch, click on the patch, then RIGHT CLICK on the patch zip file link and click on copy shortcut in IE (or copy link location in Mozilla Firefox). This link will have both the patch file name and the ARU number. Using the classic patches window: Query for the particular patch, then RIGHT CLICK on the DOWNLOAD button and click on copy shortcut in IE (or