def get_next_id(self):
        try:
            query = {'_id': 'last_id'}
            update = {'$inc': {'id': 1}}
            fn = self.db.internal.find_and_modify
            row = fn(query, update, upsert=True, new=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return row['id']
def test_abstract_class(self):
        class X(Structure):
            _abstract_ = "something"
        # try 'X()'
        cls, msg = self.get_except(eval, "X()", locals())
        self.assertEqual((cls, msg), (TypeError, "abstract class"))