Re: How do I start oracle 8.1 client on SUN?

From: Ed Stevens <nospam_at_noway.nohow>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:52:45 -0600
Message-ID: <a6g2qvglne38c8q4hdt9j80dcvld1a7s3h@4ax.com>

On 30 Oct 2003 07:27:16 -0800, propsync_at_yahoo.com (tom) wrote:

>Oracle 8 is installed but I need to issue a query to reliably check
>the exact version of oracle installed.
>
>I don't know the location of the client and how to start it to issue
>the querry. Sorry, I'm more of a mysql person.
>
>thanks for any help

You don't start "the client" (indicating some sort of background server type process), though you may need to start a client application, like say, sqlplus. Typical command syntax to start it would be:

$ sqlplus <userid>/<pswd>@<db_alias_from_tnsnames> Received on Thu Oct 30 2003 - 10:52:45 CST