app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:33:54 +0000
changeset 566 858e02fbbb97
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Disabled 'Home Settings' menu until we have a use for it Also fixed a typo in the request row template that caused it to display the wrong value. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

"""
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)