add do_commit(config) method to fpdb_db.py to make creating

a db connection easier. Used this in guiplayerstats.py to
create a separate connection and added commit to stop
locks here blocking hand imports.

pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py

@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ class GuiPlayerStats (threading.Thread):
         tmp = self.sql.query['playerStats']
 
         result = self.cursor.execute(self.sql.query['getPlayerId'], (self.heroes[self.activesite],))
-        result = self.db.cursor.fetchall()
+        result = self.cursor.fetchall()
         if not result == ():
                 pid = result[0][0]
                 pid = result[0][0]
                 tmp = tmp.replace("<player_test>", "(" + str(pid) + ")")
                 self.cursor.execute(tmp)
-                result = self.db.cursor.fetchall()
+                result = self.cursor.fetchall()
                 cols = 16
                 rows = len(result)+1 # +1 for title row
                 self.stats_table = gtk.Table(rows, cols, False)
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class GuiPlayerStats (threading.Thread):
                         self.stats_table.attach(eb, col, col+1, row+1, row+2)
                         l.show()
                         eb.show()
+        self.fdb.db.commit()
+    #end def fillStatsFrame(self, vbox):
 
     def fillPlayerFrame(self, vbox):
         for site in self.conf.supported_sites.keys():
@@ -133,9 +135,12 @@ class GuiPlayerStats (threading.Thread):
     
     def __init__(self, db, config, querylist, debug=True):
         self.debug=debug
-        self.db=db
-        self.cursor=db.cursor
         self.conf=config
+        
+        # create new db connection to avoid conflicts with other threads
+        self.fdb = fpdb_db.fpdb_db()
+        self.fdb.do_connect(self.conf)
+        self.cursor=self.fdb.cursor
 
         self.sql = querylist
 

pyfpdb/fpdb_db.py

@@ -30,6 +30,25 @@ class fpdb_db:
         self.PGSQL=3
         self.SQLITE=4
     #end def __init__
+
+    def do_connect(self, config=None):
+        """Connects a database using information in config"""
+        if config is None:
+            raise FpdbError('Configuration not defined')
+
+        self.settings = {}
+        if (os.sep=="/"):
+            self.settings['os']="linuxmac"
+        else:
+            self.settings['os']="windows"
+
+        self.settings.update(config.get_db_parameters())
+        self.connect(self.settings['db-backend'],
+                     self.settings['db-host'],
+                     self.settings['db-databaseName'],
+                     self.settings['db-user'], 
+                     self.settings['db-password'])
+    #end def do_connect
     
     def connect(self, backend=None, host=None, database=None,
                 user=None, password=None):