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Re: Displaying Oracle Client Version Number

From: Vladimir M. Zakharychev <bob_at_dpsp-yes.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 10:13:33 +0400
Message-ID: <bb6sqt$k92$1@babylon.agtel.net>


"Ian Smith" <ian.smith_at_coabis.com> wrote in message news:a3e5d37f.0305290601.521b47f6_at_posting.google.com...

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> I was after a way of displaying the version number in the Delphi
> applications which we produce. Depending on the way in which the
> Oracle client is deployed, OUI might not be present on the client PC.
> For example, we use 'Snow' to deploy software within our organisation
> and we don't include the OUI. Thanks anyway.

Well, at least OCI.DLL, OCIW32.DLL and oraclient8.dll (oraclient9.dll in 9i) do have VS_VERSION_INFO (at least in my 8.1.7 and 9.2 installations, so probably in others, too.) And there are plenty of components that can parse and display this resource (for example, in RXLib, which is free and is actually a must have for Delphi developers.) Be aware though that file versions may lag behind patchset version (for example, I've 8.1.7.4 patchset installed, but OCI dlls are versioned as 8.1.7.3, while oraclient8.dll is at 8.1.7.4).

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Received on Fri May 30 2003 - 01:13:33 CDT

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