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How to determine Oracle versions [message #97679] Thu, 07 November 2002 08:07 Go to next message
Brian
Messages: 38
Registered: October 1999
Member
Hello,

I would like to write a version detection script to
find out the Oracle versions installed on a lot of
UNIX systems.

How do I determine what versions of Oracle are installed
on a particular system (for this example, assume AIX).

I know that /etc/oraInst.loc exists, and points me to
another directory, but I would like some help to
determine a list of installed Oracle versions on an
AIX system and if there is a way to determine the
versions programmatically.

Thanks in advance.
Re: How to determine Oracle versions [message #97686 is a reply to message #97679] Tue, 12 November 2002 07:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sanjay
Messages: 236
Registered: July 2000
Senior Member
SQL> select version from v$instance;

VERSION
-----------------
8.1.7.4.0

or at the command prompt do

% $ORACLE_HOME/bin/svrmgrl command=exit | grep "Release"

Oracle Server Manager Release 3.1.7.0.0 - Production
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.0 - 64bit Production
JServer Release 8.1.7.4.0 - 64bit Production

The 2nd entry is what you are interested in I beleive...or even better, use a different grep.

Good luck.
Re: How to determine Oracle versions [message #98498 is a reply to message #97679] Thu, 02 December 2004 19:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
vilas
Messages: 7
Registered: May 2004
Junior Member
You could use the query below:

select * from v$versions;
Re: How to determine Oracle versions [message #98499 is a reply to message #98498] Thu, 02 December 2004 21:19 Go to previous message
Jai Vrat Singh
Messages: 205
Registered: September 2002
Location: Singapore
Senior Member
v$versions ==> v$version
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