source: vbox/trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/core/db.py@ 83383

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# $Id: db.py 83382 2020-03-24 14:43:42Z vboxsync $

"""
Test Manager - Database Interface.
"""

__copyright__ = \
"""
Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Oracle Corporation

This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
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"""
__version__ = "$Revision: 83382 $"


# Standard python imports.
import datetime;
import os;
import sys;
import psycopg2;                            # pylint: disable=import-error
import psycopg2.extensions;                 # pylint: disable=import-error

# Validation Kit imports.
from common                             import utils, webutils;
from testmanager                        import config;

# Fix psycho unicode handling in psycopg2 with python 2.x.
if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
    psycopg2.extensions.register_type(psycopg2.extensions.UNICODE);
    psycopg2.extensions.register_type(psycopg2.extensions.UNICODEARRAY);
else:
    unicode = str;  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin,invalid-name



def isDbTimestampInfinity(tsValue):
    """
    Checks if tsValue is an infinity timestamp.
    """
    ## @todo improve this test...
    return tsValue.year >= 9999;

def isDbTimestamp(oValue):
    """
    Checks if oValue is a DB timestamp object.
    """
    if isinstance(oValue, datetime.datetime):
        return True;
    if utils.isString(oValue):
        ## @todo detect strings as well.
        return False;
    return getattr(oValue, 'pydatetime', None) is not None;

def dbTimestampToDatetime(oValue):
    """
    Converts a database timestamp to a datetime instance.
    """
    if isinstance(oValue, datetime.datetime):
        return oValue;
    if utils.isString(oValue):
        return utils.parseIsoTimestamp(oValue);
    return oValue.pydatetime();

def dbTimestampToZuluDatetime(oValue):
    """
    Converts a database timestamp to a zulu datetime instance.
    """
    tsValue = dbTimestampToDatetime(oValue);

    class UTC(datetime.tzinfo):
        """UTC TZ Info Class"""
        def utcoffset(self, _):
            return datetime.timedelta(0);
        def tzname(self, _):
            return "UTC";
        def dst(self, _):
            return datetime.timedelta(0);
    if tsValue.tzinfo is not None:
        tsValue = tsValue.astimezone(UTC());
    else:
        tsValue = tsValue.replace(tzinfo=UTC());
    return tsValue;

def dbTimestampPythonNow():
    """
    Gets the current python timestamp in a database compatible way.
    """
    return dbTimestampToZuluDatetime(datetime.datetime.utcnow());

def dbTimestampMinusOneTick(oValue):
    """
    Returns a new timestamp that's one tick before the given one.
    """
    oValue = dbTimestampToZuluDatetime(oValue);
    return oValue - datetime.timedelta(microseconds = 1);

def dbTimestampPlusOneTick(oValue):
    """
    Returns a new timestamp that's one tick after the given one.
    """
    oValue = dbTimestampToZuluDatetime(oValue);
    return oValue + datetime.timedelta(microseconds = 1);

def isDbInterval(oValue):
    """
    Checks if oValue is a DB interval object.
    """
    if isinstance(oValue, datetime.timedelta):
        return True;
    return False;


class TMDatabaseIntegrityException(Exception):
    """
    Herolds a database integrity error up the callstack.

    Do NOT use directly, only thru TMDatabaseConnection.integrityException.
    Otherwise, we won't be able to log the issue.
    """
    pass;                               # pylint: disable=unnecessary-pass


class TMDatabaseCursor(object):
    """ Cursor wrapper class. """

    def __init__(self, oDb, oCursor):
        self._oDb     = oDb;
        self._oCursor = oCursor;

    def execute(self, sOperation, aoArgs = None):
        """ See TMDatabaseConnection.execute()"""
        return self._oDb.executeInternal(self._oCursor, sOperation, aoArgs, utils.getCallerName());

    def callProc(self, sProcedure, aoArgs = None):
        """ See TMDatabaseConnection.callProc()"""
        return self._oDb.callProcInternal(self._oCursor, sProcedure, aoArgs, utils.getCallerName());

    def insertList(self, sInsertSql, aoList, fnEntryFmt):
        """ See TMDatabaseConnection.insertList. """
        return self._oDb.insertListInternal(self._oCursor, sInsertSql, aoList, fnEntryFmt, utils.getCallerName());

    def fetchOne(self):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchone."""
        return self._oCursor.fetchone();

    def fetchMany(self, cRows = None):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchmany."""
        return self._oCursor.fetchmany(cRows if cRows is not None else self._oCursor.arraysize);

    def fetchAll(self):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchall."""
        return self._oCursor.fetchall();

    def getRowCount(self):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.rowcount."""
        return self._oCursor.rowcount;

    def formatBindArgs(self, sStatement, aoArgs):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.mogrify."""
        oRet = self._oCursor.mogrify(sStatement, aoArgs);
        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3 and not isinstance(oRet, str):
            oRet = oRet.decode('utf-8');
        return oRet;

    def copyExpert(self, sSqlCopyStmt, oFile, cbBuf = 8192):
        """ See TMDatabaseConnection.copyExpert()"""
        return self._oCursor.copy_expert(sSqlCopyStmt, oFile, cbBuf);

    @staticmethod
    def isTsInfinity(tsValue):
        """ Checks if tsValue is an infinity timestamp. """
        return isDbTimestampInfinity(tsValue);


class TMDatabaseConnection(object):
    """
    Test Manager Database Access class.

    This class contains no logic, just raw access abstraction and utilities,
    as well as some debug help and some statistics.
    """

    def __init__(self, fnDPrint = None, oSrvGlue = None):
        """
        Database connection wrapper.
        The fnDPrint is for debug logging of all database activity.

        Raises an exception on failure.
        """

        sAppName = '%s-%s' % (os.getpid(), os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]),)
        if len(sAppName) >= 64:
            sAppName = sAppName[:64];
        os.environ['PGAPPNAME'] = sAppName;

        dArgs = \
        { \
            'database': config.g_ksDatabaseName,
            'user':     config.g_ksDatabaseUser,
            'password': config.g_ksDatabasePassword,
        #    'application_name': sAppName, - Darn stale debian! :/
        };
        if config.g_ksDatabaseAddress is not None:
            dArgs['host'] = config.g_ksDatabaseAddress;
        if config.g_ksDatabasePort is not None:
            dArgs['port'] = config.g_ksDatabasePort;
        self._oConn             = psycopg2.connect(**dArgs); # pylint: disable=star-args
        self._oConn.set_client_encoding('UTF-8');
        self._oCursor           = self._oConn.cursor();
        self._oExplainConn      = None;
        self._oExplainCursor    = None;
        if config.g_kfWebUiSqlTraceExplain and config.g_kfWebUiSqlTrace:
            self._oExplainConn  = psycopg2.connect(**dArgs); # pylint: disable=star-args
            self._oExplainConn.set_client_encoding('UTF-8');
            self._oExplainCursor = self._oExplainConn.cursor();
        self._fTransaction      = False;
        self._tsCurrent         = None;
        self._tsCurrentMinusOne = None;

        assert self.isAutoCommitting() is False;

        # Debug and introspection.
        self._fnDPrint              = fnDPrint;
        self._aoTraceBack           = [];

        # Exception class handles.
        self.oXcptError         = psycopg2.Error;

        if oSrvGlue is not None:
            oSrvGlue.registerDebugInfoCallback(self.debugInfoCallback);

        # Object caches (used by database logic classes).
        self.ddCaches = dict();

    def isAutoCommitting(self):
        """ Work around missing autocommit attribute in older versions."""
        return getattr(self._oConn, 'autocommit', False);

    def close(self):
        """
        Closes the connection and renders all cursors useless.
        """
        if self._oCursor is not None:
            self._oCursor.close();
            self._oCursor = None;

        if self._oConn is not None:
            self._oConn.close();
            self._oConn = None;

        if self._oExplainCursor is not None:
            self._oExplainCursor.close();
            self._oExplainCursor = None;

        if self._oExplainConn is not None:
            self._oExplainConn.close();
            self._oExplainConn = None;


    def _startedTransaction(self):
        """
        Called to work the _fTransaction and related variables when starting
        a transaction.
        """
        self._fTransaction      = True;
        self._tsCurrent         = None;
        self._tsCurrentMinusOne = None;
        return None;

    def _endedTransaction(self):
        """
        Called to work the _fTransaction and related variables when ending
        a transaction.
        """
        self._fTransaction      = False;
        self._tsCurrent         = None;
        self._tsCurrentMinusOne = None;
        return None;

    def begin(self):
        """
        Currently just for marking where a transaction starts in the code.
        """
        assert self._oConn is not None;
        assert self.isAutoCommitting() is False;
        self._aoTraceBack.append([utils.timestampNano(), 'START TRANSACTION', 0, 0, utils.getCallerName(), None]);
        self._startedTransaction();
        return True;

    def commit(self, sCallerName = None):
        """ Wrapper around Psycopg2.connection.commit."""
        assert self._fTransaction is True;

        nsStart = utils.timestampNano();
        oRc = self._oConn.commit();
        cNsElapsed = utils.timestampNano() - nsStart;

        if sCallerName is None:
            sCallerName = utils.getCallerName();
        self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, 'COMMIT', cNsElapsed, 0, sCallerName, None]);
        self._endedTransaction();
        return oRc;

    def maybeCommit(self, fCommit):
        """
        Commits if fCommit is True.
        Returns True if committed, False if not.
        """
        if fCommit is True:
            self.commit(utils.getCallerName());
            return True;
        return False;

    def rollback(self):
        """ Wrapper around Psycopg2.connection.rollback."""
        nsStart = utils.timestampNano();
        oRc = self._oConn.rollback();
        cNsElapsed = utils.timestampNano() - nsStart;

        self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, 'ROLLBACK', cNsElapsed, 0, utils.getCallerName(), None]);
        self._endedTransaction();
        return oRc;

    #
    # Internal cursor workers.
    #

    def executeInternal(self, oCursor, sOperation, aoArgs, sCallerName):
        """
        Execute a query or command.

        Mostly a wrapper around the psycopg2 cursor method with the same name,
        but collect data for traceback.
        """
        if aoArgs is not None:
            sBound = oCursor.mogrify(unicode(sOperation), aoArgs);
        elif sOperation.find('%') < 0:
            sBound = oCursor.mogrify(unicode(sOperation), list());
        else:
            sBound = unicode(sOperation);

        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3 and not isinstance(sBound, str):
            sBound = sBound.decode('utf-8'); # pylint: disable=redefined-variable-type

        aasExplain = None;
        if self._oExplainCursor is not None and not sBound.startswith('DROP'):
            try:
                if config.g_kfWebUiSqlTraceExplainTiming:
                    self._oExplainCursor.execute('EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS, COSTS, VERBOSE, TIMING) ' + sBound);
                else:
                    self._oExplainCursor.execute('EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS, COSTS, VERBOSE) ' + sBound);
            except Exception as oXcpt:
                aasExplain = [ ['Explain exception: '], [str(oXcpt)]];
                try:    self._oExplainConn.rollback();
                except: pass;
            else:
                aasExplain = self._oExplainCursor.fetchall();

        nsStart = utils.timestampNano();
        try:
            oRc = oCursor.execute(sBound);
        except Exception as oXcpt:
            cNsElapsed = utils.timestampNano() - nsStart;
            self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, 'oXcpt=%s; Statement: %s' % (oXcpt, sBound), cNsElapsed, 0, sCallerName, None]);
            if self._fnDPrint is not None:
                self._fnDPrint('db::execute %u ns, caller %s: oXcpt=%s; Statement: %s'
                               % (cNsElapsed, sCallerName, oXcpt, sBound));
            raise;
        cNsElapsed = utils.timestampNano() - nsStart;

        if self._fTransaction is False and not self.isAutoCommitting(): # Even SELECTs starts transactions with psycopg2, see FAQ.
            self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, '[START TRANSACTION]', 0, 0, sCallerName, None]);
            self._startedTransaction();
        self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, sBound, cNsElapsed, oCursor.rowcount, sCallerName, aasExplain]);
        if self._fnDPrint is not None:
            self._fnDPrint('db::execute %u ns, caller %s: "\n%s"' % (cNsElapsed, sCallerName, sBound));
        if self.isAutoCommitting():
            self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, '[AUTO COMMIT]', 0, 0, sCallerName, None]);

        return oRc;

    def callProcInternal(self, oCursor, sProcedure, aoArgs, sCallerName):
        """
        Call a stored procedure.

        Mostly a wrapper around the psycopg2 cursor method 'callproc', but
        collect data for traceback.
        """
        if aoArgs is None:
            aoArgs = list();

        nsStart = utils.timestampNano();
        try:
            oRc = oCursor.callproc(sProcedure, aoArgs);
        except Exception as oXcpt:
            cNsElapsed = utils.timestampNano() - nsStart;
            self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, 'oXcpt=%s; Calling: %s(%s)' % (oXcpt, sProcedure, aoArgs),
                                      cNsElapsed, 0, sCallerName, None]);
            if self._fnDPrint is not None:
                self._fnDPrint('db::callproc %u ns, caller %s: oXcpt=%s; Calling: %s(%s)'
                               % (cNsElapsed, sCallerName, oXcpt, sProcedure, aoArgs));
            raise;
        cNsElapsed = utils.timestampNano() - nsStart;

        if self._fTransaction is False and not self.isAutoCommitting(): # Even SELECTs starts transactions with psycopg2, see FAQ.
            self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, '[START TRANSACTION]', 0, 0, sCallerName, None]);
            self._startedTransaction();
        self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, '%s(%s)' % (sProcedure, aoArgs), cNsElapsed, oCursor.rowcount, sCallerName, None]);
        if self._fnDPrint is not None:
            self._fnDPrint('db::callproc %u ns, caller %s: "%s(%s)"' % (cNsElapsed, sCallerName, sProcedure, aoArgs));
        if self.isAutoCommitting():
            self._aoTraceBack.append([nsStart, '[AUTO COMMIT]', 0, 0, sCallerName, sCallerName, None]);

        return oRc;

    def insertListInternal(self, oCursor, sInsertSql, aoList, fnEntryFmt, sCallerName):
        """
        Optimizes the insertion of a list of values.
        """
        oRc = None;
        asValues = [];
        for aoEntry in aoList:
            asValues.append(fnEntryFmt(aoEntry));
            if len(asValues) > 256:
                oRc = self.executeInternal(oCursor, sInsertSql + 'VALUES' + ', '.join(asValues), None, sCallerName);
                asValues = [];
        if asValues:
            oRc = self.executeInternal(oCursor, sInsertSql + 'VALUES' + ', '.join(asValues), None, sCallerName);
        return oRc

    def _fetchOne(self, oCursor):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchone."""
        oRow = oCursor.fetchone()
        if self._fnDPrint is not None:
            self._fnDPrint('db:fetchOne returns: %s' % (oRow,));
        return oRow;

    def _fetchMany(self, oCursor, cRows):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchmany."""
        return oCursor.fetchmany(cRows if cRows is not None else oCursor.arraysize);

    def _fetchAll(self, oCursor):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchall."""
        return oCursor.fetchall()

    def _getRowCountWorker(self, oCursor):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.rowcount."""
        return oCursor.rowcount;


    #
    # Default cursor access.
    #

    def execute(self, sOperation, aoArgs = None):
        """
        Execute a query or command.

        Mostly a wrapper around the psycopg2 cursor method with the same name,
        but collect data for traceback.
        """
        return self.executeInternal(self._oCursor, sOperation, aoArgs, utils.getCallerName());

    def callProc(self, sProcedure, aoArgs = None):
        """
        Call a stored procedure.

        Mostly a wrapper around the psycopg2 cursor method 'callproc', but
        collect data for traceback.
        """
        return self.callProcInternal(self._oCursor, sProcedure, aoArgs, utils.getCallerName());

    def insertList(self, sInsertSql, aoList, fnEntryFmt):
        """
        Optimizes the insertion of a list of values.
        """
        return self.insertListInternal(self._oCursor, sInsertSql, aoList, fnEntryFmt, utils.getCallerName());

    def fetchOne(self):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchone."""
        return self._oCursor.fetchone();

    def fetchMany(self, cRows = None):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchmany."""
        return self._oCursor.fetchmany(cRows if cRows is not None else self._oCursor.arraysize);

    def fetchAll(self):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.fetchall."""
        return self._oCursor.fetchall();

    def getRowCount(self):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.rowcount."""
        return self._oCursor.rowcount;

    def formatBindArgs(self, sStatement, aoArgs):
        """Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.mogrify."""
        oRet = self._oCursor.mogrify(sStatement, aoArgs);
        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3 and not isinstance(oRet, str):
            oRet = oRet.decode('utf-8');
        return oRet;

    def copyExpert(self, sSqlCopyStmt, oFile, cbBuf = 8192):
        """ Wrapper around Psycopg2.cursor.copy_expert. """
        return self._oCursor.copy_expert(sSqlCopyStmt, oFile, cbBuf);

    def getCurrentTimestamps(self):
        """
        Returns the current timestamp and the current timestamp minus one tick.
        This will start a transaction if necessary.
        """
        if self._tsCurrent is None:
            self.execute('SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP - INTERVAL \'1 microsecond\'');
            (self._tsCurrent, self._tsCurrentMinusOne) = self.fetchOne();
        return (self._tsCurrent, self._tsCurrentMinusOne);

    def getCurrentTimestamp(self):
        """
        Returns the current timestamp.
        This will start a transaction if necessary.
        """
        if self._tsCurrent is None:
            self.getCurrentTimestamps();
        return self._tsCurrent;

    def getCurrentTimestampMinusOne(self):
        """
        Returns the current timestamp minus one tick.
        This will start a transaction if necessary.
        """
        if self._tsCurrentMinusOne is None:
            self.getCurrentTimestamps();
        return self._tsCurrentMinusOne;


    #
    # Additional cursors.
    #
    def openCursor(self):
        """
        Opens a new cursor (TMDatabaseCursor).
        """
        oCursor = self._oConn.cursor();
        return TMDatabaseCursor(self, oCursor);

    #
    # Cache support.
    #
    def getCache(self, sType):
        """ Returns the cache dictionary for this data type. """
        dRet = self.ddCaches.get(sType, None);
        if dRet is None:
            dRet = dict();
            self.ddCaches[sType] = dRet;
        return dRet;


    #
    # Utilities.
    #

    @staticmethod
    def isTsInfinity(tsValue):
        """ Checks if tsValue is an infinity timestamp. """
        return isDbTimestampInfinity(tsValue);

    #
    # Error stuff.
    #
    def integrityException(self, sMessage):
        """
        Database integrity reporter and exception factory.
        Returns an TMDatabaseIntegrityException which the caller can raise.
        """
        ## @todo Create a new database connection and log the issue in the SystemLog table.
        ##       Alternatively, rollback whatever is going on and do it using the current one.
        return TMDatabaseIntegrityException(sMessage);


    #
    # Debugging.
    #

    def dprint(self, sText):
        """
        Debug output.
        """
        if not self._fnDPrint:
            return False;
        self._fnDPrint(sText);
        return True;

    def debugHtmlReport(self, tsStart = 0):
        """
        Used to get a SQL activity dump as HTML, usually for WuiBase._sDebug.
        """
        cNsElapsed = 0;
        for aEntry in self._aoTraceBack:
            cNsElapsed += aEntry[2];

        sDebug = '<h3>SQL Debug Log (total time %s ns):</h3>\n' \
                 '<table class="tmsqltable">\n' \
                 ' <tr>\n' \
                 '  <th>No.</th>\n' \
                 '  <th>Timestamp (ns)</th>\n' \
                 '  <th>Elapsed (ns)</th>\n' \
                 '  <th>Rows Returned</th>\n' \
                 '  <th>Command</th>\n' \
                 '  <th>Caller</th>\n' \
                 ' </tr>\n' \
               % (utils.formatNumber(cNsElapsed, '&nbsp;'),);

        iEntry = 0;
        for aEntry in self._aoTraceBack:
            iEntry += 1;
            sDebug += ' <tr>\n' \
                      '  <td align="right">%s</td>\n' \
                      '  <td align="right">%s</td>\n' \
                      '  <td align="right">%s</td>\n' \
                      '  <td align="right">%s</td>\n' \
                      '  <td><pre>%s</pre></td>\n' \
                      '  <td>%s</td>\n' \
                      ' </tr>\n' \
                    % (iEntry,
                       utils.formatNumber(aEntry[0] - tsStart, '&nbsp;'),
                       utils.formatNumber(aEntry[2], '&nbsp;'),
                       utils.formatNumber(aEntry[3], '&nbsp;'),
                       webutils.escapeElem(aEntry[1]),
                       webutils.escapeElem(aEntry[4]),
                    );
            if aEntry[5] is not None:
                sDebug += ' <tr>\n' \
                          '  <td colspan="6"><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">%s</pre></td>\n' \
                          ' </tr>\n' \
                            % (webutils.escapeElem('\n'.join([aoRow[0] for aoRow in aEntry[5]])),);

        sDebug += '</table>';
        return sDebug;

    def debugTextReport(self, tsStart = 0):
        """
        Used to get a SQL activity dump as text.
        """
        cNsElapsed = 0;
        for aEntry in self._aoTraceBack:
            cNsElapsed += aEntry[2];

        sHdr = 'SQL Debug Log (total time %s ns)' % (utils.formatNumber(cNsElapsed),);
        sDebug = sHdr + '\n' + '-' * len(sHdr) + '\n';

        iEntry = 0;
        for aEntry in self._aoTraceBack:
            iEntry += 1;
            sHdr = 'Query #%s  Timestamp: %s ns  Elapsed: %s ns  Rows: %s  Caller: %s' \
                % ( iEntry,
                    utils.formatNumber(aEntry[0] - tsStart),
                    utils.formatNumber(aEntry[2]),
                    utils.formatNumber(aEntry[3]),
                    aEntry[4], );
            sDebug += '\n' + sHdr + '\n' + '-' * len(sHdr) + '\n';

            sDebug += aEntry[1];
            if sDebug[-1] != '\n':
                sDebug += '\n';

            if aEntry[5] is not None:
                sDebug += 'Explain:\n' \
                          '  %s\n' \
                        % ( '\n'.join([aoRow[0] for aoRow in aEntry[5]]),);

        return sDebug;

    def debugInfoCallback(self, oGlue, fHtml):
        """ Called back by the glue code on error. """
        oGlue.write('\n');
        if not fHtml:   oGlue.write(self.debugTextReport());
        else:           oGlue.write(self.debugHtmlReport());
        oGlue.write('\n');
        return True;

    def debugEnableExplain(self):
        """ Enabled explain. """
        if self._oExplainConn is None:
            dArgs = \
            { \
                'database': config.g_ksDatabaseName,
                'user':     config.g_ksDatabaseUser,
                'password': config.g_ksDatabasePassword,
            #    'application_name': sAppName, - Darn stale debian! :/
            };
            if config.g_ksDatabaseAddress is not None:
                dArgs['host'] = config.g_ksDatabaseAddress;
            if config.g_ksDatabasePort is not None:
                dArgs['port'] = config.g_ksDatabasePort;
            self._oExplainConn  = psycopg2.connect(**dArgs); # pylint: disable=star-args
            self._oExplainCursor = self._oExplainConn.cursor();
        return True;

    def debugDisableExplain(self):
        """ Disables explain. """
        self._oExplainCursor = None;
        self._oExplainConn   = None
        return True;

    def debugIsExplainEnabled(self):
        """ Check if explaining of SQL statements is enabled. """
        return self._oExplainConn is not None;