To check the exact build version of an existing jConnect installation, execute this command from $JDBC_HOME/classes (UNIX) or %JDBC_HOME%\classes (Windows):
java -jar jconn4.jar
This command prints a version string such as:
jConnect (TM) for JDBC(TM)/7.07 GA(Build 26666)/P/EBF19485/JDK 1.6.0/jdbcmain/Wed Aug 31 03:14:04 PDT 2011
The version string has important information about jConnect:
7.07 is the version number.
ESD #4 indicates the ESD release number. GA indicates a General Availability release. ESD #n 1-OFF indicates a special release over an earlier ESD release.
Build 26792 indicates the build version of jConnect. This number increases as subsequent ESDs are released.
OPT indicates that the build is an optimized build. DEBUG indicates that the build is a debug build.
Sybase recommends that you check the Sybase download Web site periodically for updated versions of jConnect and download the latest version.