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 update_model(model, disc_grads, gen_grads, disc_opt, gen_opt,
                 global_step, update_scale):
  """Update model with gradients."""

  disc_vars, gen_vars = model.get_variables()

  with tf.control_dependencies(gen_grads + disc_grads):
    disc_update_op = disc_opt.apply_gradients(
        zip(_scale_vars(update_scale, disc_grads),
            disc_vars))

    gen_update_op = gen_opt.apply_gradients(
        zip(_scale_vars(update_scale, gen_grads),
            gen_vars),
        global_step=global_step)

    update_op = tf.group([disc_update_op, gen_update_op])

  return update_op