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 ignoring_sigint(cls):
        """A contextmanager which disables handling sigint in the current signal handler. This
        allows threads that are not the main thread to ignore sigint.

        NB: Only use this if you can't use ExceptionSink.trapped_signals().

        Class state:
        - Toggles `self._ignore_sigint` in `cls._signal_handler`.
        """
        with cls._signal_handler._ignoring_sigint():
            yield