def save_last_sync(self, ids, process):
        try:
            spec = {'_id': 'last_sync'}
            document = {'$set': {process: ids}}
            self.db.internal.update(spec, document, upsert=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
def anypats(self):
        """None of .always(), .isexact(), and .prefix() is true --
        optimizations will be difficult."""
        return not self.always() and not self.isexact() and not self.prefix()