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Re: How to find the Database version without opening the Database

From: Karsten Farell <kfarrell_at_medimpact.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:38:14 GMT
Message-ID: <GjOi9.1276$BN2.36320566@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>


I don't know how reliable this is ... or if it's what you're looking for ... and I only found it true on our Solaris systems (not on Win2k). At $ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory/Components/oracle.server you will find a directory that lists the version of Oracle that was installed (8.1.7.0.0 in my case). But it's the version of the software, not necessarily of any database (though if you use this software, you'll create a database of that version). And you can get it with a Unix util like 'find' or 'grep' (no database needed).

Yasin wrote:
> Hi: I am intresting in knowing if there is way to know the version of
> the Database without opening it, or even putting it in mount state.
>
> Many thanks.
Received on Fri Sep 20 2002 - 18:38:14 CDT

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