4 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/includes/database/database.inc b/includes/database/database.inc
index 9e913de90..1ca68eea8 100644
--- a/includes/database/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/database.inc
@@ -1049,6 +1049,11 @@ abstract class DatabaseConnection extends PDO {
   abstract public function driver();
 
   /**
+   * Returns the version of the database server.
+   */
+  abstract public function version();
+
+  /**
    * Determines if this driver supports transactions.
    *
    * @return
diff --git a/includes/database/mysql/database.inc b/includes/database/mysql/database.inc
index a3d711840..20e6d1f4c 100644
--- a/includes/database/mysql/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/mysql/database.inc
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ class DatabaseConnection_mysql extends DatabaseConnection {
     return 'mysql';
   }
 
+  public function version() {
+    $data = $this->query('SHOW variables LIKE :name', array(':name' => 'version'))->fetchAssoc();
+    return $data['value'];
+  }
+
   public function databaseType() {
     return 'mysql';
   }
diff --git a/includes/database/pgsql/database.inc b/includes/database/pgsql/database.inc
index 22bb8b565..ec3acbb22 100644
--- a/includes/database/pgsql/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/pgsql/database.inc
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ class DatabaseConnection_pgsql extends DatabaseConnection {
     return 'pgsql';
   }
 
+  public function version() {
+    return $this->query('SHOW SERVER_VERSION')->fetchField();
+  }
+
   public function databaseType() {
     return 'pgsql';
   }
diff --git a/includes/database/sqlite/database.inc b/includes/database/sqlite/database.inc
index 2998353f6..aa11338a9 100644
--- a/includes/database/sqlite/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/sqlite/database.inc
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ class DatabaseConnection_sqlite extends DatabaseConnection {
     return 'sqlite';
   }
 
+  public function version() {
+    return $this->query('SELECT sqlite_version()')->fetchField();
+  }
+
   public function databaseType() {
     return 'sqlite';
   }