app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:13:52 +0000
changeset 531 b74bf6bf1ccf
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Make editSelf() work by adding 'inheritance_line' to the list of excluded fields in the UserForm. Also, fix a few too-long lines and add some missing parentheses (the style guide says do not rely on operator precedence). 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)