How can I detect the installed sqlean version?

[iainelder]

When downloading from GitHub releases I can get the version number from the releases API in the name and tag_name fields.

Unless I explicitly save that info in a text file next to the .so files, I don't see how to detect the version of of sqlean after installation.

Is there another way to decode those files that I've missed?

[nalgeon]

I don't think so. Why do you need it?

[iainelder]

It's just to know which version of sqlean I have installed when I come back later to use it for analysis.

Not knowing the installed version isn't a big problem, though, because generally I would like to stay on the latest version. I have a script to automate the installation, so when I need to use sqlean I can just run my script to update it to the latest version.

It's fine for me if you don't want to do anything about this. I can solve it myself as I described.

[nalgeon]

Well, theoretically I could add a sqlean_version function to each extension. Not sure it would be useful though. Let's revisit this issue when there is more demand.

[iainelder]

Sure, the function would be a nice feature but probably not worth the effort right now. I'll close the topic now. Thanks for the consideration.

[nalgeon]

I've added the sqlean_version function in 0.19.3.