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

From: michael ngong <mngong_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 11 Oct 2002 06:37:56 -0700
Message-ID: <ecf365d5.0210110537.7ab09250_at_posting.google.com>


Thomas Gaines <Thomas.Gaines_at_noaa.gov> wrote in message news:<3DA5CF0A.602E322D_at_noaa.gov>...
> Although this probably isn't officially supported by Oracle, I've
> always found the output from the "strings" command on Unix to
> be very interesting. If your platform is something other than Unix,
> the other suggestions in this thread are much better obviously.
>
> Just for fun, here is my output from my "strings" command when
> run against the "oracle" executable. From
> this, can you guess what my version is?
>
> [oracle_at_cougar bin]$ strings oracle | grep "9\.0"
> 9.0.2
> 9.0.1.1
> 9.0.1
> 9.0.0
> 9.0 Materialized Views
> 9.0 Partitioning Methods
> 9.0.0
> 9.0.1.1
> ORACLE PL/SQL V9.0.1.0.0 - Production
> prvtrmns09.00.0008.00.0408.00.0508.01.0308.01.05
> Oracle XML Parser version 9.0.1.0.0 Production
> V9.0.0.0
> 9.0.1.0.0
> NLSRTL Version 9.0.1.0.0 - Production
>
> Bye,
> TG
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> --
When you have upgraded/patched your system OraInventory is not seemingly updated Thanks
Michael Tubuo Ngong Received on Fri Oct 11 2002 - 15:37:56 CEST

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