Verifying SAP jConnect Version

Instructions to verify the exact build version of an existing SAP 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:jConnect (TM) for JDBC(TM)/16.0 GA (Build 27008)/P/EBF22326/JDK 1.6.0/jdbcmain/OPT/Sun Jan 12 09:41:12 PST 2014
The version string has important information about SAP jConnect:
  • 16.0 is the version number.
  • GA - indicates a GA release, this portion of the version strings will have SP, PL and N-OFF information for any release.
  • Build 27008 indicates the build version of jConnect. This number increases as subsequent ESDs are released.
  • EBF number is an unique number identifying a particular release.
  • OPT indicates that the build is an optimized build. DEBUG indicates that the build is a debug build.
Note: SAP recommends that you check the Sybase download Web site periodically for updated versions of SAP jConnect and download the latest version.