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Re: How to find out concrete ORACLE_HOME via SQL?

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:29:05 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.08.13.23.29.04.865393@sbcglobal.net>


On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:13:56 +0000, Bob Jones wrote:

> That works only if the spfile at default location is used.

Yes, of course. In 99% of the cases you will get the correct result, though. In case of some RAC instances, you'll find spfile on raw devices. Oracle instance doesn't record ORACLE_HOME in any of the virtual tables that I know of. It is likely that this trick will help, but it is not guaranteed.

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