app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:27:07 +0000
changeset 349 bb82a1a3339c
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
A quick-and-dirty way to create non-link sub-menu dividers, plus a TODO on how this should be formalizes to not be so hacky. This change was inspired by the ever-growing "Site" sidebar menu. Patch by: Todd larsen Review by: to-be-reviewed

"""
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)