Displaying the Vertica Code Name

Posted April 23, 2019 by James Knicely, Vertica Field Chief Technologist

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Every major release of Vertica has a code name. CODE NAME VERSION --------- ------- Grader 9.x Frontloader 8.x Excavator 7.2.x Dragline 7.1.x Crane 7.0.x Bulldozer 6.1.x Bunkerhill 6.0.x Catania 5.1.x/5.0.x To find out the Vertica code name of your database, you can query the DC_STARTUPS Data Collector table.

Example: dbadmin=> SELECT version, codename dbadmin-> FROM dc_startups dbadmin-> ORDER BY time DESC dbadmin-> LIMIT 1; version | codename ------------------------------------+---------- Vertica Analytic Database v9.2.1-0 | Grader (1 row) Helpful Link:

https://www.vertica.com/docs/latest/HTML/Content/Authoring/AdministratorsGuide/Monitoring/Vertica/QueryingDataCollectorTables.htm

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