gistfile1.py

def nested_commit_on_success(func):
    """Like commit_on_success, but doesn't commit existing transactions.

    This decorator is used to run a function within the scope of a 
    database transaction, committing the transaction on success and
    rolling it back if an exception occurs.

    Unlike the standard transaction.commit_on_success decorator, this
    version first checks whether a transaction is already active.  If so
    then it doesn't perform any commits or rollbacks, leaving that up to
    whoever is managing the active transaction.
    """
    commit_on_success = transaction.commit_on_success(func)
    def _nested_commit_on_success(*args, **kwds):
        if transaction.is_managed():
            return func(*args,**kwds)
        else:
            return commit_on_success(*args,**kwds)
    return transaction.wraps(func)(_nested_commit_on_success)