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VERSION - Amazon Redshift
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VERSION

The VERSION function returns details about the currently installed release, with specific Amazon Redshift version information at the end.

Note

This is a leader-node function. This function returns an error if it references a user-created table, an STL or STV system table, or an SVV or SVL system view.

Syntax

VERSION()

Return type

Returns a CHAR or VARCHAR string.

Examples

The following example shows the cluster version information of the current cluster: 

select version();
 version
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------               
 PostgreSQL 8.0.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3), Redshift 1.0.12103

Where 1.0.12103 is the cluster version number.

Note

To force your cluster to update to the latest cluster version, adjust your maintenance window.