I have Oracle 9.2.0.8 (32 bit) running in Solaris environment( 64 bit) . I need to back-out to Oracle 9.2.0.6.

- I first tried running the installation for 9.2.0.6 patchset and that complained saying “ no patches were needed at this time” .

- The release notes for 9.2.0.8 say that I should run ‘catbkout.sql’ and then restore Oracle 9i installation and the inventory from the backup. While I know the location of oraInventory, I don’t know how to restore the ‘9i installation’ and ‘inventory’ from it.


Please recommend a back-out procedure from 9.2.0.8 to 9.2.0.6. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.