Comments on: Was this database created as 32-bit or 64-bit db? http://www.ora-solutions.net/web/2009/11/04/was-this-database-created-as-32-bit-or-64-bit-db/ Indepented Oracle consultant Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Martin http://www.ora-solutions.net/web/2009/11/04/was-this-database-created-as-32-bit-or-64-bit-db/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Martin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:14 +0000 http://www.ora-solutions.net/web/?p=787#comment-77 Sandro, thank you for participating and pointing out how to determine the current bit-platform of the running instance or binaries. It may well be that on a Linux x86-64 system, Oracle 32bit binaries have been installed, although that is not supported by Oracle. Regards, Martin Sandro,

thank you for participating and pointing out how to determine the current bit-platform of the running instance or binaries. It may well be that on a Linux x86-64 system, Oracle 32bit binaries have been installed, although that is not supported by Oracle.

Regards,
Martin

]]> By: Sandro http://www.ora-solutions.net/web/2009/11/04/was-this-database-created-as-32-bit-or-64-bit-db/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Sandro Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:25:03 +0000 http://www.ora-solutions.net/web/?p=787#comment-76 -- connected SELECT Length(addr)*4 || '-bits' word_length FROM v$process WHERE ROWNUM =1; -- not connected $ file $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle – connected
SELECT Length(addr)*4 || ‘-bits’ word_length FROM v$process WHERE ROWNUM =1;

– not connected
$ file $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle

]]> By: Michael http://www.ora-solutions.net/web/2009/11/04/was-this-database-created-as-32-bit-or-64-bit-db/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Michael Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:51:40 +0000 http://www.ora-solutions.net/web/?p=787#comment-74 ...to add an example what that could be useful for: The initial wordsize might be important if you plan to upgrade your database. For more details, see page 20 of Mike Dietrich's excellent database upgrade paper: http://www.oracle.com/global/de/upgradecommunity/artikel/Upgrade11gR1_workshop1.pdf Part2 covers even more information regarding upgrades: http://www.oracle.com/global/de/upgradecommunity/artikel/Upgrade11gR1_workshop2.pdf …to add an example what that could be useful for:
The initial wordsize might be important if you plan to upgrade your database. For more details, see page 20 of Mike Dietrich’s excellent database upgrade paper:
http://www.oracle.com/global/de/upgradecommunity/artikel/Upgrade11gR1_workshop1.pdf
Part2 covers even more information regarding upgrades:
http://www.oracle.com/global/de/upgradecommunity/artikel/Upgrade11gR1_workshop2.pdf

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