--- a/DBInterface.py	Tue Feb 15 21:14:03 2011 +0100
+++ b/DBInterface.py	Thu Feb 17 19:25:16 2011 +0100
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@
 class DBInterface:
     """Object for database queries"""
     
-    def __init__(self, connection_id=None):
+    def __init__(self, connection_id=None, autocommit=False):
         """init"""
         # database connection id
-        self.connection_id = connection_id        
+        self.connection_id = connection_id
+        self.autocommit = autocommit
 
     def getConnectionIDs(self):
         """return list of available connection ids"""
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@
         con = getattr(self, self.connection_id)
         # call to get db object
         db = con()
+        if self.autocommit:
+            # force our transaction isolation level
+            db.tilevel = psycopg2.extensions.ISOLATION_LEVEL_AUTOCOMMIT
+            
         return db
     
     def executeZSQL(self, query, args=None, max_rows=None):