Re: Version of Oracle Database without connecting to the database.

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Fuad Arshad wrote:
> Folks,
> I'm trying to find a way to script finding an approximation of the version of the database without connecting to the database itself.
> The goal is to try to find out of the Oracle_home is a Oracle 10 home , 9 home etc .
>
> right now i'm doiing something like
> DATAVERSION1=`echo $ORACLE_HOME | awk -F/ '{print $6}'`
> expecting that $6 would lead me to something like /usr/local/oracle/product/10.2
>
> but this is not a very foolproof implementation since installs can take various forms and break this implementation.

oracommon(9|10|11).dll contain exported variable "_vsnnum", which is 32-bit DWORD and reflect precise Oracle 4d or 5d version. This information is used in V$VERSION view.

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