app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:44:56 +0000
changeset 644 813892c894f4
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Remove Great Britain from country list. Great Britain was included as a country, although it has a country code (.gb) it's not a state. United Kingdom is correct and remains in the list. Patch by: Matthew Wilkes Review by: Pawel Solyga

"""
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)