Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

DBVERSION function

Returns, as a character string, the version number of an OpenEdge database.

Syntax

DBVERSION ( integer-expression | logical-name | alias )

integer-expression

The sequence number of a database the OpenEdge session is connected to. For example, DBVERSION(1) returns information on the first database the OpenEdge session is connected to, DBVERSION(2) returns information on the second database the OpenEdge session is connected to, etc. If you specify a sequence number that does not correspond to a database the OpenEdge session is connected to, the DBVERSION function returns the Unknown value (?).

logical-name or alias

These forms of the DBVERSION function require a quoted character string or a character expression as a parameter. If the parameter is an alias of a connected database or the logical name of a connected database, then Progress returns the version number. Otherwise, it returns the Unknown value (?).

Example

This procedure displays the version number of all connected databases:

r-dbvers.p

DEFINE VARIABLE i AS INTEGER. REPEAT i=1 TO NUM-DBS: DISPLAY LDBNAME(i) DBVERSION(i) WITH 1 DOWN. END.

Note

DBVERSION does not apply to non-OpenEdge data sources.

See also

ALIAS function, CONNECT statement, CONNECTED function, CREATE ALIAS statement, CREATE CALL statement, DATASERVERS function, DBCODEPAGE function, DBCOLLATION function, DBRESTRICTIONS function, DBTYPE function, DELETE ALIAS statement, DISCONNECT statement, FRAME-DB function, LDBNAME function, NUM-DBS function, PDBNAME function, SDBNAME function