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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
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What's New in Oracle Application Server Release Notes?
Chapter 2, "Installation Issues"
Chapter 3, "General Management and Security Issues"
Chapter 4, "High Availability"
Chapter 5, "Oracle Forms"
Chapter 6, "Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
Chapter 6, "Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE"
Chapter 8, "Oracle Application Server Portal"
Chapter 10, "Oracle Application Server Wireless"
Chapter 12, "Oracle Application Server Web Cache"
Chapter 13, Oracle Business Intelligence
Chapter 14, "Oracle Reports"
Chapter 20, "Oracle Enterprise Manager"
1
Introduction
1.1
Latest Release Information
1.2
Purpose of this Document
1.3
Operating System Requirements
1.4
Certification Information
1.5
Licensing Information
2
Installation Issues
2.1
Installation Issues
2.1.1
Failure of File-Based Farm Repository Configuration Assistant
2.1.2
Oracle Database 10.1.0.4.2 Patch Set Restriction
2.1.3
Oracle Database 10g (10.1.0.4.2) Patch Set
2.1.4
Non-English Welcome Pages URL Link Pages Incorrectly Coded
2.1.5
Harmless Error Message
2.1.6
Distributed OracleAS Metadata Repository and Oracle Internet Directory on Separate Computers Throws Error
2.1.7
Welcome Link Coded Incorrectly
2.1.8
OracleAS Metadata Repository Creation Assistant Should Not Allow Loading into Oracle 10.1.0.4 Database
2.1.9
Installing 10.1.2.0.2 Middle Tiers Against an Existing Infrastructure
2.1.10
IBM WebSphere Required Patch Version 6.0.2
2.2
Oracle Application Server Companion CD 10g (10.1.2.0.2)
2.2.1
System Requirements for Oracle Application Server Companion CD 10g
2.2.2
Oracle Sensor Edge Server Administrator's Guide
3
General Management and Security Issues
3.1
General Issues and Workaround
3.1.1
Backup and Restore Does Not Function with Multiple Java Virtual Machines
3.1.2
Error Message When Executing opmnctl Commands
3.2
Port Change Issues
3.2.1
Additional Step Needed After Changing Oracle HTTP Server Listen Port
3.3
Cloning Issues
3.3.1
Considerations for Cloning Oracle Ultra Search
3.3.2
Considerations for Cloning OracleBI Discoverer
3.3.3
Considerations for Cloning OracleAS Forms and Reports Services
3.4
Deployment Issues
3.4.1
Use Trusted Certificates When Enabling SSL Between mod_oc4j and OC4J
3.4.2
Benign Decoding Errors When Running ldapaddmt
3.4.3
Missing Files During restore_config Operation
4
High Availability
4.1
OracleAS Disaster Recovery: Discover Topology Command
4.2
OracleAS Disaster Recovery: Real Application Clusters Database Supported
5
Oracle Forms
5.1
General Issues and Workarounds
5.1.1
Availability of JACOB Libraries for WebUtil
5.1.2
Java Related Dialogs And Microsoft Windows Are Not Read By JAWS
5.1.3
Location of JAWS Scripts
5.2
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
5.2.1
Exception When Clicking Other Items While Inputting Multibyte Characters
5.2.2
CLOB Data Cannot be Retrieved When Query Data More Than Max Width
5.2.3
FRM-92102 Existing Sessions Disconnect When User Added To JAZN
5.2.4
Monitoring CPU Usage and Response Time
5.3
Documentation Errata
5.3.1
Incorrect Key Mapping
5.3.2
Incomplete JVM Pooling Example
5.3.3
Incorrect Script Tag Names
5.3.4
Incorrect Default Threshold Setting Description
5.3.5
Incorrect Parameter Names in URL
6
Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
6.1
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
6.1.1
Oracle JDBC-OCI Driver Upgrade in Oracle Application Server
6.1.2
OC4J Out of Memory Errors
6.1.3
Configuring Maximum Connections with Oracle HTTP Server
6.2
Enterprise Java Beans
6.2.1
Deprecated orion-ejb-jar.xml Attributes
6.2.2
Big EAR File Deployment Runs Out of Memory
6.2.3
Disregard Previous Release Note: Package Name for RMIInitialContextFactory Has Changed
6.2.4
Disable EJB Instance Pooling
6.2.5
Compile in Non-Batch Mode
6.3
OC4J Services
6.3.1
Data Sources
6.3.1.1
Fatal Error Code Enhancement
6.3.1.2
Fixed Connection Pool Problems
6.3.2
ORMI
6.3.2.1
ORMI - OC4J Only Creates IPv4 Sockets
6.3.2.2
ORMI Protocol Is Not Secure
6.4
Oracle Application Server Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Provider
6.4.1
Support for auth-method="DIGEST" in <jazn-web-app>
6.5
Documentation Errata
6.5.1
Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE User's Guide Documentation Errata
6.5.1.1
An OC4J Process Is Not Contained in an OC4J Instance
6.5.1.2
Correct Cross Reference for Metric-Based Load Balancing Information
6.5.1.3
BEA JRockit 1.4.2_05 Supported and Installed with OC4J
6.5.1.4
Primers Content Removed from OC4J User's Guide
6.5.1.5
Additional OC4J Deployment Notes
6.5.2
Oracle XML API Reference Documentation Errata
6.5.2.1
Add Information for formDocument() Method
6.5.3
Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Services Guide Documentation Errata
6.5.3.1
Corrected SQLServer Data Source Example
6.5.3.2
Corrected JDBC Connect String for Third-Party Databases
6.5.3.3
Corrected Java Object Cache Code Example for Implementing a CacheEventListener
6.5.4
Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Security Guide
6.5.4.1
Incorrect Example in Deployment Roles and Users
6.5.4.2
Incorrect internal-settings.xml Information
6.5.5
OC4J Release Notes for 10.1.2.0.2
6.5.5.1
Disregard Previous Release Note: Package Name for RMIInitialContextFactory Has Changed
7
Oracle HTTP Server
7.1
General Issues and Workarounds
7.1.1
Log Error Message
7.2
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
7.2.1
Redirects Break If OracleAS Web Cache is Turned Off or is Disabled
8
Oracle Application Server Portal
8.1
OracleAS Portal 10
g
Release 2 (10.1.2) Issues and Workarounds
8.1.1
General Issues and Workarounds
8.1.1.1
Error in portal.log File After Installing OracleAS Metadata Repository
8.1.1.2
OracleAS Portal Login Fails After OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster (Middle Tier) Configuration
8.1.2
Upgrade Issues and Workarounds
8.1.2.1
Configuring OracleAS Portal After Upgrade
8.1.2.2
OracleAS Portal Users Cannot Log on to Oracle Ultra Search
8.1.3
User Interface Issues and Workarounds
8.1.3.1
Issue Adding Regions to Pages Displayed in the Generic Page Portlets
8.1.3.2
Portlets on Subpages Not Displayed
8.1.3.3
Cannot Set Privileges Using List View on Pages Inheriting Privileges from Parent or Template
8.1.4
Export and Import Issues and Workarounds
8.1.4.1
Export and Import Does Not Support Reports Server Components
8.1.5
Portlet and Provider Issues and Workarounds
8.1.5.1
Using OmniPortlet Web Page Data Source After Cloning
8.1.5.2
Issue Adding or Deleting Portlets on Page Portlets
8.1.6
PDK Issues and Workarounds
8.1.6.1
Support for WSRP and JSR 168
8.1.7
Globalization Support Issues and Workarounds
8.1.7.1
Oracle Text Searching Limitation (Text Files and HTML Files)
8.1.7.2
Text Entry Always Right to Left in BiDi Languages
8.1.7.3
Non-ASCII Character Limitations in OracleAS Portal
8.1.7.4
Non-ASCII Character Limitations in Oracle Instant Portal
8.1.7.5
Shared Type Objects Cannot Be Exposed in Non-English Page Group
8.1.7.6
Translations Lost When Item Versioning Is Enabled
8.1.8
Documentation Errata
8.1.8.1
Documentation Errors
8.1.8.2
Additional Documentation
9
Oracle Ultra Search
9.1
General Issues and Workarounds
9.1.1
Creating or Editing Oracle Ultra Search ACLs Fails in Non-OracleAS Single Sign-On Mode
9.2
Documentation Errata
9.2.1
Adding and Deleting Subscribers
10
Oracle Application Server Wireless
10.1
General Issues
10.1.1
EDGE_CREATE Script Errors
10.1.2
Database Lock Hangs STREAMS Dispatcher
10.1.3
OracleAS Wireless Patch Required after XDK Patch is Applied
10.1.4
Broken Icons in Wireless Device Portal Homepage
10.1.5
HDML Error When Using Expense Demo Application
10.2
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
10.2.1
Updated Transformer Stylesheets Patch Required after Upgrade
10.2.2
Configuration Assistant Error Message
10.2.3
IBM WebSphere Required Patch Version 6.0.2
11
Oracle Application Server Packaged-Application and Legacy Adapters
11.1
Packaged-Application Adapters: General Issues and Workarounds
11.1.1
Adapter Compatibility
11.1.2
New OracleAS Adapter J2CA Targets
11.1.3
Starting the EIS Adapter Plugin When OracleAS Adapter Business Services Engine (BSE) Is Unavailable
11.1.4
Invoking a Runtime Message When OracleAS Adapter Business Services Engine (BSE) Is Unavailable
11.1.5
Invoking Outbound BPEL Process at Runtime Using OracleAS Adapter Business Services Engine (BSE)
11.1.6
Restarting the EIS Adapter Plugin After Restarting OracleAS Adapter Business Services Engine (BSE)
11.2
OracleAS Adapter for PeopleSoft: Issues and Workarounds
11.2.1
PeopleSoft Versions and PeopleTools Release Levels Supported
11.2.2
PeopleSoft LDAP Authentication Incompatible
11.2.3
Limitation with Level 2 Scrolls
11.2.4
Limitation with Level 3 Scrolls
11.2.5
Limitation with Effective Dated Scrolls
11.2.6
Limitation When Inserting a Second Row for Level 1, 2, or 3 Scrolls
11.2.7
Limitation when Creating a Schema for Multilevel Component Interfaces
11.2.8
PeopleTools Date Format
11.2.9
Generating Java APIs
11.2.10
Differences Between Component Interface Behavior and Adapter Behavior
11.2.11
Missing Field Errors When Using a Component Interface
11.2.12
Support for Related Display Fields
11.2.13
Differences Between Component Interface Behavior and Adapter Behavior
11.2.14
Multiple Effective Dated Scrolls
11.2.15
Debug Message
11.2.16
LOCATION Component Interface
11.2.17
Component Interface Names
11.2.18
Component Interface Java API Compilation Errors (People Tools 8.46)
11.2.19
Invalid Response While Querying Nonexisting Account
11.3
OracleAS Adapter for SAP: Issues and Workarounds
11.3.1
OracleAS Adapter for SAP Version and API Information
11.3.2
IDocs During Inbound Processing
11.3.3
MSVC 7.0 Runtime Component DLLs
11.3.4
SAP IDOC Data with Japanese DBCS Characters Overflows and Truncates Characters
11.3.5
No Values Set for Code and Details in Binding Fault
11.4
OracleAS Adapter for Siebel: Issues and Workarounds
11.4.1
Cannot Reconnect to Siebel
11.4.2
Adapter Exception Error If Siebel Request Document Contains Japanese Characters
11.4.3
Invalid Response While Querying Nonexisting Account
11.5
OracleAS Adapter for J.D. Edwards OneWorld: Issues and Workarounds
11.5.1
Invalid Response While Querying Nonexisting Account
11.6
Legacy Adapters: Issues and Workarounds
11.6.1
Cannot specify multiple legacy systems in any order of user preference
11.7
Documentation Errata
11.7.1
Initiating Events in J.D. Edwards
11.7.2
Creating an Integration Object (IO) Node for Siebel
12
Oracle Workflow
12.1
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
12.1.1
Displaying Installation User Interfaces with DirectX Configuration and BEA JRockit 1.4.2_05
13
Oracle Application Server Integration Software
14
Oracle Application Server Web Cache
14.1
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
14.1.1
Patch Available for Configuring OracleAS Web Cache Solely as a Software Load Balancer or Reverse Proxy
14.1.2
Reloading Issue with Cache Operations Success Message in OracleAS Web Cache Manager with Internet Explorer Browser
15
Oracle Business Intelligence
15.1
General Issues and Workarounds
15.1.1
Certification Information
15.1.2
Availability of HWOnline Files
15.1.3
Obtaining Patch Set for GUID-Generation Issue
15.1.4
Clarification of Version Numbers
15.1.5
Compatibility Issues with Required Support Files
15.1.6
Resizing Issue with Mozilla and Firefox Browsers
15.1.7
Serif Font Issue in Worksheets
15.1.8
Query Prediction Requires the Majority of the Query Time
15.1.9
Word Wrapping Behavior with OracleBI Discoverer Plus and OracleBI Discoverer Viewer
15.1.10
Applet Appears Behind Browser Window
15.1.11
Welcome Page Displays Only in English
15.1.12
New User Preferences Added
15.1.13
Corrections to the OracleBI Discoverer Connections Help
15.1.13.1
Account Details: Enter Password page Help topic
15.1.13.2
Account Details: Select Responsibility page Help topic
15.1.13.3
Connect to OracleBI Discoverer page Help topic
15.1.13.4
Account Details: Username and Password page Help topic
15.1.13.5
Account Details: Select Username page Help topic
15.1.13.6
Enter connection details page Help topic
15.1.14
Corrections to Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Configuration Guide
15.1.15
Corrections to Oracle Enterprise Manager 10
g
Application Server Control Discoverer Help
15.1.15.1
Discoverer Administration page Help topic
15.1.15.2
Discoverer Configuration page Help topic
15.1.15.3
Install Catalog page Help topic
15.1.15.4
Log in to Manage Catalog page Help topic
15.1.15.5
Uninstall Catalog page Help topic
15.1.15.6
Discoverer Plus Configuration page Help topic
15.1.15.7
Discoverer Portlet Provider Configuration page Help topic
15.1.15.8
Discoverer Administration page Help topic
15.2
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus Relational
15.2.1
Text Appearing Truncated or Clipped
15.2.2
Non-ASCII Characters Not Saved Correctly in Title or Text Area
15.2.3
Resizing in Mac OS X Browser
15.2.4
Corrections to the OracleBI Discoverer Plus Relational Help
15.2.4.1
References to the Connect to Discoverer Plus page Help topic
15.2.4.2
Task steps in the "How do I create and save login information in a Discoverer connection?" Help topic
15.3
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus OLAP
15.3.1
Issues with Applet Download
15.3.2
Disabled Netscape and Mozilla Browsers
15.3.3
Tabbing Fails to Synchronize Menus
15.3.4
ESC Key Fails to Close Certain Dialogs
15.3.5
Link Tool Works Incorrectly in Some Locales
15.3.6
Memory Issues when Exporting Extremely Large Graphs
15.3.7
Page Setup Dialog Appearing Blank
15.3.8
Printing Worksheets with Large Data Values
15.3.9
Issues with Titles and Text Areas
15.3.10
Errors with JAWS and Format Dialogs
15.3.11
Issue Exporting Discoverer Catalog with Non-ASCII Data
15.4
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Portlet Provider
15.4.1
Inability to Turn Off Display of Range Min and Max as Labels
15.4.2
Documentation Corrections
15.4.2.1
Refresh Options page Help topic
15.4.2.2
Review Portlet Defaults page Help topic
15.4.2.3
Select Database Connections page (Customize mode) Help topic
15.4.2.4
Database Connections page Help topic
15.5
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Viewer
15.5.1
Drill Icons Cannot Be Hidden in OracleBI Discoverer Viewer
15.5.2
Error Sending E-mail in OracleBI Discoverer Viewer
15.5.3
Error Displaying Page for Multiple SSO Users
15.5.4
Inability to Disable the Display of Row Numbers
15.5.5
Issues with OracleBI Discoverer Viewer Embedded in Frames
15.5.6
Issue Exporting to PDF Under Certain Circumstances
15.5.7
Known Bug with JAWS Prevents Drilling using Enter Key
15.5.8
JAWS Does Not Read Asterisks that Precede Fields
15.5.9
Corrections to the OracleBI Discoverer Viewer Help
15.5.9.1
References to the Connect to Discoverer Viewer page
15.5.9.2
List of Worksheets page Help topic
15.5.9.3
Printable Page Options page: Content Tab Help topic
15.5.9.4
Preferences page Help topic
15.5.9.5
Task steps in the "How do I create and save login information in a Discoverer connection?" Help topic
15.6
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer EUL Command Line for Java
15.6.1
Issue with Exported Non-ASCII Data
15.7
Known Issues with Oracle OLAP Option
16
Oracle Reports
16.1
General Issues and Workarounds
16.1.1
OracleAS Reports Services Demos Will Not Work If JServ is Configured
16.1.2
Error While Editing Batch Registered Report in OracleAS Portal
16.1.3
Limitation on Linked Queries for DelimitedData Output
16.1.4
Images in HTML Output of Oracle Reports Not Displayed When Viewed from Oracle Enterprise Manager 10
g
16.1.5
Misalignment in Large Multibyte Reports When Using the Enhanced Font Subsetting Feature with Acrobat Reader 7.0
16.1.6
PL/SQL Compilation Failure When Using SQL Constructs
16.2
Vendor-Specific Issues and Workarounds
16.2.1
Underlines Do Not Display in HTMLCSS Output in Browser
16.2.2
JSP-Based Web Report with Large Number of Columns Generates JSP Compilation Error
16.2.3
Java AWT Windows Hangs with Specific Graphics Cards
16.3
Globalization Support Issues and Workarounds
16.3.1
Reports Server's Job Status Messages in Application Server Control Contain Invalid Characters
16.3.2
ENVID Ignored While Detecting Duplicate Job
17
Oracle Internet Directory
17.1
Administration Issues and Workarounds
17.1.1
Recommended Password Policy Values
17.2
Documentation Errata
17.2.1
Parameters in init%
ORACLE_SID%
.ora are Not Loaded Automatically at Database Startup
17.2.2
ODM Online Help Might Have Extra Pages in Non-English Locales
18
Oracle Delegated Administration Services
18.1
General Issues and Workarounds
18.1.1
Roles with No Members Are not Displayed in Role Assignment Section in Create/edit User
18.1.2
Resetting Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On Passwords Redirects Users to Oracle Delegated Administration Services Home Page
18.1.3
Exception Thrown in One-Level Realm Scenarios
18.2
Administration Issues and Workarounds
18.2.1
Enforcing Assignment and Revocation of Privileges Requires Starting a New Self-Service Console Session
18.2.2
Unified Messaging Voicemail PIN Field Mislabeled in Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console
18.2.3
Unlocking Privileged User Accounts
18.2.4
Create/Edit User Windows in Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console Display Two Time Zone Fields
19
Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning
19.1
Administration Issues and Workarounds
19.1.1
Default Mapping Rule Can Be Simplified in Single-Domain Microsoft Active Directory Deployments
19.1.2
Directory Integration and Provisioning Assistant Does not Support SSL Mode 2
19.1.3
Shell Script-based Profile Configuration Tools Are Being Deprecated
19.1.4
In a High Availability Environment Using Multimaster Replication, Provisioning Events May not Be Propagated or May Be Duplicated
19.1.5
The Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning Server May not Shut Down if It Is Stopped and Immediately Restarted
19.1.6
Oracle Directory Integration and Provisioning Server Not Sending Provisioning Events Due to Purged Change Log Entries
20
Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On
20.1
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
20.1.1
Additional High Availability Configuration Instructions
20.1.1.1
Update the mod_rewrite Entry for SSO
20.1.1.2
Update targets.xml
21
Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority
21.1
General Issues and Workarounds
21.1.1
Adding "\" to RDN Causes Misprocessing
21.1.2
Third Party Wallet Import Fails Due To localID Value
21.1.3
DN Validation Does Not Correctly Check "=" Character
21.2
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
21.2.1
Unexpected Behavior After Revoking Web Administrator or CA Certificate
21.2.2
Allowable Values of Predicate Usage
22
Oracle Enterprise Manager
22.1
General Issues and Workarounds
22.1.1
Setting NLS and Operating System Locale Environment Variables Before Starting Management Processes
22.1.1.1
Checking the Operating System Locale
22.1.1.2
Setting the Operating System Locale
22.1.1.3
Checking the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
22.1.1.4
Setting the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
22.1.2
Misleading Error Message When Applying Properties to an OC4J Instance within an Oracle Application Server Cluster
22.1.3
Timestamp on Log Files May Not Be Accurate
22.1.4
Errors When Configuring Components or Adding or Removing OC4J Instances
22.1.5
Problem Viewing Performance Charts and Configuring Identity Management Using a Macintosh Browser
22.1.6
Problems with the Progress Page When Using a Macintosh Browser
22.1.7
Topology Viewer Applet Fails in OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster Configuration
22.1.8
Error When Clicking Topology Link from Host Page
22.1.9
Error When Using the ADF BUSINESS COMPONENT Link on the Host Page
22.1.10
Farm Locator Link Lost
22.1.11
Incorrect Status Reported for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
22.1.12
Changing From JAZN LDAP User Manager Requires OC4J Restart
22.1.13
Posting Data From the Logging Pages
22.1.14
Additional Step When Removing an Application Server Target From the Grid Control Console
22.1.15
Security Considerations When Changing Schema Passwords with the Application Server Control Console
22.1.16
Problems Viewing Some Metrics When OracleAS Portal is Configured for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
22.1.17
Cannot Recover Database Control Files from the Application Server Control Console
22.1.18
Problem Using the Topology Viewer to Perform Operations on an OracleAS Farm When in French or French-Canadian Language Environment
22.1.19
Configuring Security When Oracle Application Server Is Managed by Grid Control
22.1.20
Harmless Errors in Log Files
22.2
Documentation Errata
22.2.1
Online Help for the Application Server Control All Metrics Page
22.2.2
Error in Online Help Topic About Regular Expressions