app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author James Levy <jamesalexanderlevy@gmail.com>
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:13:58 +0200
changeset 2429 a0a1dd1cc69e
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added SurveyRecordModel. Lennard: On top of the orginial patch I've added several comments to the fields and two TODO's for further subclassing. Patch by: James Levy, Daniel Diniz, Lennard de Rijk 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)