Procedure documentationDisplaying the Version Information of the Database Manager Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You display the version information of the Database Manager.

Prerequisites

You do not need to log on to the Database Manager to execute this DBM command.

Nor do you require any operator authorization.

Syntax

dbm_version

Reply

OK
VERSION = <version><NL>
BUILD = <build_number><NL>
OS = <os><NL>
INSTROOT = <dependent_path><NL>
LOGON = <logon_state><NL>
CODE = <code><NL>
SWAP = <swap><NL>
UNICODE = (YES|NO)<NL>
INSTANCE = (OLTP|LVC|CS|BW|unknown)<NL>
SYSNAME = <os><NL>

Values of the reply lines

<version>

Version number of the Database Manager

<build_number>

Identification number of the Database Manager

<os>

Name of the operating system

<rundir>

Installation directory of the version-dependent components

<logon_state>

Displays whether a logon to the operating system has been performed:
True logged on
False not logged on

<code>

Display of the character set used in the Database Manager: ASCII or EBCDIC

<swap>

Displays of the swap type (internal representation of numerical values) used in the Database Manager :
no hihi-hilo-lohi-lolo
full lolo-lohi-hilo-hihi
half lohi-lolo-hihi-hilo

UNICODE

Configuration of the current database instance as a UNICODE database

INSTANCE

Structure linkDatabase Instance Type

SYSNAME

Name of the operating system

In the event of errors, see Reply Format.