Either from v$version, which seems to be accessible by public. Or using Sqlplus When connected to enterprise edition it explicitly says so: Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options When connected to standard edition it doesn't say anything: Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production When connected to express edition it also explicitly says so, but unfortunately I haven't any instance handy. But you will notice that ;) Gints Plivna http://www.gplivna.eu 2009/9/24 Eriovaldo Andrietta <ecandrietta@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > How can I identify if the database is an Oracle Enterprise Version or an > Oracle Express Version. > Consider that I don´t have access privilige in the v$database and others > v$. > > Is there another way ? > > Regards > Eriovaldo > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l