Saturday, July 13, 2013

Oracle Version Digit Mean

[oracle@boost ~]$ sqlplus "/as sysdba"

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.1.0 Production on Sat Jul 13 08:52:25 2013

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Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

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The first digit is the most general identifier. It represents a major new version of the software that contains significant new functionality.
Database Maintenance Release Number

The second digit represents a maintenance release level. Some new features may also be included.
Application Server Release Number

The third digit reflects the release level of the Oracle Application Server (OracleAS).
Component-Specific Release Number

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.
Platform-Specific Release Number

The fifth digit identifies a platform-specific release. Usually this is a patch set. When different platforms require the equivalent patch set, this digit will be the same across the affected platforms.


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