How can an Oracle user check the database version?

2 years ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

To check the version of the Oracle database, you can use one of the following methods:

  1. Log in to the database using SQL*Plus and execute the following command:
  2. Display all records from the V$VERSION view.
  3. This will display the version information of the database.
  4. Log in to the database using SQL Developer or another Oracle database management tool, then navigate to the “Database” menu and select “Reports” > “Database Properties” or a similar option. In the properties window, you will find the version information of the database.
  5. If granted appropriate access, you can also view log files located in the database installation directory. Within the “admin” folder in the Oracle installation directory, there is a folder named after the instance that contains the database log files. In one of these log files, you will find the database version information.

You can easily view the version information of the Oracle database using any method.

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