there should be engine.dialect.server_version_info available, once at least one connection has been made.
On Apr 13, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Stefan Urbanek <stefan.urba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > In Cubes I would like to optionally use the upcoming CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW > [1] feature in Postgres 9.3 (or any other database that supports it). There > will be plain alternative "CREATE TABLE" for Postgres < 9.3. > > [1] > http://michael.otacoo.com/postgresql-2/postgres-9-3-feature-highlight-materialized-views/ > > Is there some "correct" way how I can determine version of the server or at > least some list of properties from which I can determine existence of such > functionality? > > What might be the downsides of using ProgrammingError exception handling? > > try: > CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW AS SELECT ... > except ProgrammingError: > CREATE TABLE AS SELECT ... > > Are there any other options that would not require additional configuration > variable on user's side? > > Regards, > > Stefan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sqlalchemy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
