One of the most pain in the ass things about Oracle software is their numbering / naming nomenclature. If OIM 9 is out now, you would expect the next version to be 10 right? Nope, it’s 11g! Because, actually, 10g is v9. Get it? Yeah… no one does. Dumbest idea ever.

Another problem is when you need to match your Design Console version to the OIM Install version after bundle patches have been installed. What, you expected it to say v9.1.0.2 BP03? Ha! Try: 9.1.0.1.1866.10. Totally understandable…

A buddy of mine just stumbled upon this little gold mine:

http://tanweerahmad.blogspot.com/2010/04/oim-builds.html

He’s listed out all the details to match up bundle patches with OIM versions, and a bunch of other juicy bits. Definitely worth a bookmark!

.: Adam