Wednesday, April 9, 2008

What is your Oracle Database Software Release.

Oracle Corporation periodically releases new version of oracle database software. As many as five numbers may be required to fully identify a release. From oracle you can check or find oracle database version.

How to See which database version I am using:

1)Select * from v$version;
2)SELECT * FROM PRODUCT_COMPONENT_VERSION;


PRODUCT VERSION STATUS
---------------------------------------- --------------- ---------------
NLSRTL 10.2.0.1.0 Production
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition 10.2.0.1.0 Prod
PL/SQL 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for Solaris: 10.2.0.1.0 Production


Release Number Format Description:
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1)Major Database Release Number: (Here 10)
The first digit is the most general identifier. It represents a major new version of the software that contains significant new functionality.

2)Database Maintenance Release Number:(Here 2)
The second digit represents a maintenance release level. Some new features may also be included.

3)Application Server Release Number:(Here 0)
The third digit reflects the release level of the Oracle Application Server.

4)Component-Specific Release Number: (Here 1)
The fourth digit identifies a release level specific to a component. Different components can have different numbers in this position depending upon, for example, component patch sets or interim releases.

5)Platform-Specific Release Number : (Here 0)

The fifth digit identifies a platform-specific release. Usually this is a patch set.

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