OracleConnection.ServerVersion Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.OracleClient

Assembly:

System.Data.OracleClient.dll

Gets a string containing the version of the server to which the client is connected.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ ServerVersion { System::String ^ get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public override string ServerVersion { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.ServerVersion : string

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ServerVersion As String

Property Value

String

The version of the connected server.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The connection is closed.

Examples

The following example creates an OracleConnection and displays some of its read-only properties.

public void CreateOracleConnection()
{
    string connectionString = "Data Source=Oracle8i;Integrated Security=yes";
    using (OracleConnection connection = new OracleConnection(connectionString))
    {
        connection.Open();
        Console.WriteLine("ServerVersion: " + connection.ServerVersion
            + "\nState: " + connection.State);
    }
}

Public Sub CreateOracleConnection()
    Dim connectionString As String = "Data Source=Oracle8i;Integrated Security=yes"
    Using connection As New OracleConnection(connectionString)
        connection.Open()
        Console.WriteLine("ServerVersion: " & connection.ServerVersion _
           + ControlChars.NewLine + "State: " & connection.State)
    End Using
End Sub

Remarks

The ServerVersion property is in Oracle version format. For example, the format for an Oracle8 release is a string in the form "8.1.7.0.0 Oracle8 Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production."