app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:13 +0000
changeset 1761 cf39e8705fac
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Except and properly handle Errors in view decorator After the next release we can remove all try/except combinations that are not customized and leave the handling of those exceptions to the view decorator. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

"""
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)