app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:28:54 +0000
changeset 1373 178bd19966fe
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Fixes the problem of <Entity> Saved not being shown whenever a new entity is created. Patch by: Madhusudan C.S. Reviewed by: Lennard de Rijk

"""
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)