from itertools import chain from django.db import connection, transaction class LockModel(object): def __init__(self, write, read=()): self.tables = ", ".join( chain( ("`%s` WRITE" % model._meta.db_table for model in write), ("`%s` READ" % model._meta.db_table for model in read), ) ) self.cursor = connection.cursor() def __enter__(self): self.cursor.execute("LOCK TABLES " + self.tables) def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb): if exc_type is None: transaction.commit() else: transaction.rollback() self.cursor.execute("UNLOCK TABLES") self.cursor.close()