app/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
author Zachary Voase <disturbyte@googlemail.com>
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:59:05 +0200
changeset 2457 eebf0c4ace3d
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
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Add paver script that will replace our current build.sh from scripts folder. Until I update the wiki to describe how this new paver build script works I'm leaving the old one in the repository. Reviewed by: Pawel Solyga

"""
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)