app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Mario Ferraro <fadinlight@gmail.com>
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:25:41 +0200
changeset 2938 062d5ddb15b7
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Shrinksafe complains during compression of map JS fixed. It comes that "long" can't be used as a variable name as we did, because Shrinksafe complains that "long" is a reserved keyword.

"""
Extracts the version of the PostgreSQL server.
"""

import re

VERSION_RE = re.compile(r'PostgreSQL (\d+)\.(\d+)\.')

def get_version(cursor):
    """
    Returns a tuple representing the major and minor version number of the
    server. For example, (7, 4) or (8, 3).
    """
    cursor.execute("SELECT version()")
    version = cursor.fetchone()[0]
    major, minor = VERSION_RE.search(version).groups()
    return int(major), int(minor)