""" Locking/unlocking tools to prevent tables to be corrupted """ from django.db import connection def lock_table(*models): query = "LOCK TABLES " for i, model in enumerate(models): table = model._meta.db_table if i > 0: query += ", " query += "%s WRITE" % table cursor = connection.cursor() cursor.execute(query) row = cursor.fetchone() return row def unlock_tables(*models): cursor = connection.cursor() cursor.execute("UNLOCK TABLES") row = cursor.fetchone() return row unlock_table = unlock_tables