Display the Database Version and Server Operating System Name

Display the Database Version and Server Operating System Name:-
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The following query gives the version of the Oracle Database.

SELECT banner FROM v$version;

Example:-

Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.2.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.2.0 - Production

From above information, we can say this is 10g Database and Server Operating system is Linux.

The following query can be used to get the version of the Server Operating system.

BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('Port String: '||dbms_utility.port_string);
END;

Example:-

Port String: Linuxi386/Linux-2.0.34-8.1.0

From the above information, we can say this is Linux Operating system and version is 2.0.34-8.1.0

Note:- If you are login into the server with some ID then you can also know the name and version of the Server Operating system directly by typing

> uname