def session_scope(nullpool):
    """Provide a transactional scope around a series of operations."""
    if nullpool:
        engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(
            app.config.get('SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'), poolclass=NullPool)
        session_class = sessionmaker()
        session_class.configure(bind=engine)
        session = session_class()
    else:
        session = db.session()
        session.commit()  # HACK

    try:
        yield session
        session.commit()
    except Exception as e:
        session.rollback()
        logging.exception(e)
        raise
    finally:
        session.close()