app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:12:33 +0000
changeset 481 94834a1e6c01
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Attempt to rename User.id to User.account, in preparation for making User be derived from Linkable, which will have a property named 'id'. Patch by: Todd Larsen

"""
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)