app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:47:02 +0000
changeset 439 0658c3c9a9dc
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Minor fixes needed for generic key name We no longer try to retreive an entity when there are unset fields. This sort of makes 'getIfFields' obsolete, since we check if fields now anyway. This is needed because getKeyFieldsFromDict expects the fields to be set. Also a minor fix in a Django template so that the generic 'edit' page has a working delete button again.

"""
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)