app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:28:43 -0700
changeset 3048 b89af35c74d3
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Redone the request templates to work with the new ID-based request. Changes here also include upcoming View changes.

"""
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)