Oracle Database Interview Question:

How To Check the Server Version in Oracle?

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Oracle server version information is stored in a table called: PRODUCT_COMPONENT_VERSION. You can use a simple SELECT statement to view the version information like this:

>.insqlplus
Enter user-name: SYSTEM/globalguideline AS SYSDBA
Connected to an idle instance

SQL> COL PRODUCT FORMAT A35
SQL> COL VERSION FORMAT A15
SQL> COL STATUS FORMAT A15
SQL> SELECT * FROM PRODUCT_COMPONENT_VERSION;
<pre>
PRODUCT VERSION STATUS
----------------------------------- ----------- ----------
NLSRTL 10.2.0.1.0 Production
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition 10.2.0.1.0 Product
PL/SQL 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: 10.2.0.1.0 Production</pre>
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