Re: Looking for Version in System Tables
Posted in 1996
In article <326F5FEE.3055@airmail.net>, Partha Dutta
<pdutta@airmail.net> writes
>PairOShoes wrote:
>>
>> Is the version string ('Online Dynamic Server 7.12.UC1') stored in any of
>> the system tables? If so, where?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lee
>
>
>I don't believe that string is stored in the system tables. The closest
>possibility is the version number, which can be found in systables:
>
> select *
> from systables
> where tabid = 99;>
>I think the owner field will have the version of the engine.
>
>Partha Dutta
>pdutta@airmail.net
It is not stored anywhere. The version in systables is not neccessarily
'correct'. It only appears to change when a significant version number
change happens which changes the structure of the system tables E.g.
v5.xx -> v 7.xx.
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David Williams