COMPATIBILITY
COM[PATIBILITY] V7 | V8 | NATIVE
					

Specifies the version of Oracle to which a session is currently connected.

Keywords

V7

Specifies that the SQL*Plus session is connected to an Oracle7 database, or that if the SQL*Plus session is connected to an Oracle8 database, the behavior should emulate that of Oracle7.

V8

Specifies that the SQL*Plus session is connected to an Oracle8 database.

NATIVE

Indicates that you wish the database to determine the setting. If connected to Oracle8, for example, compatibility would default to V8.

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