On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Vanessa Gomes <vane.gom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, guys. > > Does anyone know where I can find the name / version of the database? For > example, if I'm using PostegreSQL, want it returned something like "8.4.11 > PostgreSQL, psycopg2 2.4.4."
Hi Vanessa, Django doesn't currently have any API for accessing that sort of detail. You'd have to get a handle on the native DB cursor and ask the DB directly. However, this won't be cross-database compatible -- every database will have a different way of retrieving the version. The closest Django can get you is to tell you the identifier for the backend -- that will tell you that you're on Postgres vs MySQL, but won't tell you versions. from django.db import connections print connections['default'].vendor will output the database vendor string. You're not the first person to ask for this feature-- there was a ticket opened just recently for this exact idea: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/18332 If you're enthused about the idea, this should be a fairly easy contribution your could make. Yours Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
