Re: - determine Operating system using pl/sql??

From: Holger Baer <holger.baer_at_science-computing.de>
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 12:17:23 +0200
Message-ID: <c7567j$bo0$1@news.BelWue.DE>

Dusan Bolek wrote:
> "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<408f5dcf$0$439$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
>
> Few tests, interesting results:
>
> 8.1.7 Solaris 8 64-bit: SVR4-be-64bit-8.1.0
> 9.2.0.5 AIX 5L: IBM AIX64/RS6000 V4 - 8.1.0
> 9.2.0.5 Linux: Linuxi386/Linux-2.0.34-8.1.0
> 10G Solaris 8 64-bit: SVR4-be-64bit-8.1.0
>
>
> So it seems to me that Oracle part is utterly useless, but OS

No, it's just not what it seems to be. See my other posts in this thread. Basically the port string is used to detect a homogenous TNS environment and neither can nor should really be used in the OP's context.

> specification looks correct.
> However, it would be nice to know what is the meaning of SVR4-be
> for Solaris and the meaning of "2.0.34" for Linux (kernel version is
> 2.4.20).

Regards,

Holger Received on Mon May 03 2004 - 05:17:23 CDT