provide negation operator for selectors, unfortunately, it's not possible to user the python keyword 'not'
from AccessControl import getSecurityManager
from cubicweb.dbapi import connect, Connection, Cursor
from cubicweb.common.utils import ResultSet, ResultSetIterator, ResultSetRow, Entity
Connection.__allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__ = 1
Cursor.__allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__ = 1
ResultSet.__allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__ = 1
ResultSetIterator.__allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__ = 1
ResultSetRow.__allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__ = 1
Entity.__allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__ = 1
CNX_CACHE = {}
def get_connection(context, user=None, password=None,
host=None, database=None, group='cubicweb'):
"""get a connection on an cubicweb server"""
request = context.REQUEST
zope_user = getSecurityManager().getUser()
if user is None:
user = zope_user.getId()
key = (user, host, database)
try:
return CNX_CACHE[key]
except KeyError:
if password is None:
password = zope_user._getPassword()
cnx = connect(user, password, host, database, group)
CNX_CACHE[key] = cnx
return cnx