def get_last_tid(self):
        try:
            spec = {'tid': {'$gt': 0}}
            sort = [('tid', -1)]
            row = self.db.docs.find_one(spec, sort=sort)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        if row:
            return row['tid']
        return 0
def db_version_control(engine, abs_path, version=None):
    """Mark a database as under this repository's version control.

    Once a database is under version control, schema changes should
    only be done via change scripts in this repository.

    :param engine:  SQLAlchemy engine instance for a given database
    :param abs_path: Absolute path to migrate repository
    :param version:  Initial database version
    """
    repository = _find_migrate_repo(abs_path)
    versioning_api.version_control(engine, repository, version)
    return version