app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:34:20 +0000
changeset 2075 c6bdfd560d91
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
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Call super class in __init__ in soc.views.out_of_band module Error class. Patch by: Pawel Solyga Reviewed 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)