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 _safe_close(self, sess):
    """Closes a session without raising an exception.

    Just like sess.close() but ignores exceptions.

    Args:
      sess: A `Session`.
    """
    # pylint: disable=broad-except
    try:
      sess.close()
    except Exception:
      # Intentionally not logging to avoid user complaints that
      # they get cryptic errors.  We really do not care that Close
      # fails.
      pass
    # pylint: enable=broad-except