How to fetch Confluence version from Database

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Summary

This article will help you fetch Confluence version information from the Database. This can be useful when the server is down or you don't have access to the Filesystem of Confluence.

Solution

We can run the below query to fetch the version information

1 SELECT BANDANAVALUE FROM BANDANA b WHERE BANDANAKEY = 'version.history';

The result will be like below which shows the version as 7.14.1

1 2 3 4 5 6 <map> <entry> <string>7.14.1</string> <string>2021-12-18T22:32:09.915+05:30</string> </entry> </map>

Updated on March 10, 2025

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