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# IVLE - Informatics Virtual Learning Environment
# Copyright (C) 2007-2008 The University of Melbourne
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
# Module: Database
# Author: Matt Giuca
# Date: 15/2/2008
# Code to talk to the PostgreSQL database.
# (This is the Data Access Layer).
# All DB code should be in this module to ensure portability if we want to
# change the DB implementation.
# This means no SQL strings should be outside of this module. Add functions
# here to perform the activities needed, and place the SQL code for those
# activities within.
# CAUTION to editors of this module.
# All string inputs must be sanitized by calling _escape before being
# formatted into an SQL query string.
import pg
import conf
import md5
import copy
import time
from common import (caps, user)
TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
def _escape(val):
"""Wrapper around pg.escape_string. Prepares the Python value for use in
SQL. Returns a string, which may be safely placed verbatim into an SQL
query.
Handles the following types:
* str: Escapes the string, and also quotes it.
* int/long/float: Just converts to an unquoted string.
* bool: Returns as "TRUE" or "FALSE", unquoted.
* NoneType: Returns "NULL", unquoted.
* common.caps.Role: Returns the role as a quoted, lowercase string.
* time.struct_time: Returns the time as a quoted string for insertion into
a TIMESTAMP column.
Raises a DBException if val has an unsupported type.
"""
# "E'" is postgres's way of making "escape" strings.
# Such strings allow backslashes to escape things. Since escape_string
# converts a single backslash into two backslashes, it needs to be fed
# into E mode.
# Ref: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html
# WARNING: PostgreSQL-specific code
if val is None:
return "NULL"
elif isinstance(val, str) or isinstance(val, unicode):
return "E'" + pg.escape_string(val) + "'"
elif isinstance(val, bool):
return "TRUE" if val else "FALSE"
elif isinstance(val, int) or isinstance(val, long) \
or isinstance(val, float):
return str(val)
elif isinstance(val, caps.Role):
return _escape(str(val))
elif isinstance(val, time.struct_time):
return _escape(time.strftime(TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, val))
else:
raise DBException("Attempt to insert an unsupported type "
"into the database (%s)" % repr(type(val)))
def _passhash(password):
return md5.md5(password).hexdigest()
class DBException(Exception):
"""A DBException is for bad conditions in the database or bad input to
these methods. If Postgres throws an exception it does not get rebadged.
This is only for additional exceptions."""
pass
class DB:
"""An IVLE database object. This object provides an interface to
interacting with the IVLE database without using any external SQL.
Most methods of this class have an optional dry argument. If true, they
will return the SQL query string and NOT actually execute it. (For
debugging purposes).
Methods may throw db.DBException, or any of the pg exceptions as well.
(In general, be prepared to catch exceptions!)
"""
def __init__(self):
"""Connects to the database and creates a DB object.
Takes no parameters - gets all the DB info from the configuration."""
self.open = False
self.db = pg.connect(dbname=conf.db_dbname, host=conf.db_host,
port=conf.db_port, user=conf.db_user, passwd=conf.db_password)
self.open = True
def __del__(self):
if self.open:
self.db.close()
# GENERIC DB FUNCTIONS #
@staticmethod
def check_dict(dict, tablefields, disallowed=frozenset([]), must=False):
"""Checks that a dict does not contain keys that are not fields
of the specified table.
dict: A mapping from string keys to values; the keys are checked to
see that they correspond to login table fields.
tablefields: Collection of strings for field names in the table.
Only these fields will be allowed.
disallowed: Optional collection of strings for field names that are
not allowed.
must: If True, the dict MUST contain all fields in tablefields.
If False, it may contain any subset of the fields.
Returns True if the dict is valid, False otherwise.
"""
allowed = frozenset(tablefields) - frozenset(disallowed)
dictkeys = frozenset(dict.keys())
if must:
return allowed == dictkeys
else:
return allowed.issuperset(dictkeys)
def insert(self, dict, tablename, tablefields, disallowed=frozenset([]),
dry=False):
"""Inserts a new row in a table, using data from a supplied
dictionary (which will be checked by check_dict).
dict: Dictionary mapping column names to values. The values may be
any of the following types:
str, int, long, float, NoneType.
tablename: String, name of the table to insert into. Will NOT be
escaped - must be a valid identifier.
tablefields, disallowed: see check_dict.
dry: Returns the SQL query as a string, and does not execute it.
Raises a DBException if the dictionary contains invalid fields.
"""
if not DB.check_dict(dict, tablefields, disallowed):
extras = set(dict.keys()) - tablefields
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid fields. (%s)" % (repr(extras)))
# Build two lists concurrently: field names and values, as SQL strings
fieldnames = []
values = []
for k,v in dict.items():
fieldnames.append(k)
values.append(_escape(v))
if len(fieldnames) == 0: return
fieldnames = ', '.join(fieldnames)
values = ', '.join(values)
query = ("INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s);"
% (tablename, fieldnames, values))
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def update(self, primarydict, updatedict, tablename, tablefields,
primary_keys, disallowed_update=frozenset([]), dry=False):
"""Updates a row in a table, matching against primarydict to find the
row, and using the data in updatedict (which will be checked by
check_dict).
primarydict: Dict mapping column names to values. The keys should be
the table's primary key. Only rows which match this dict's values
will be updated.
updatedict: Dict mapping column names to values. The columns will be
updated with the given values for the matched rows.
tablename, tablefields, disallowed_update: See insert.
primary_keys: Collection of strings which together form the primary
key for this table. primarydict must contain all of these as keys,
and only these keys.
"""
if (not (DB.check_dict(primarydict, primary_keys, must=True)
and DB.check_dict(updatedict, tablefields, disallowed_update))):
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid or missing fields (1).")
# Make a list of SQL fragments of the form "field = 'new value'"
# These fragments are ALREADY-ESCAPED
setlist = []
for k,v in updatedict.items():
setlist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
wherelist = []
for k,v in primarydict.items():
wherelist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
if len(setlist) == 0 or len(wherelist) == 0:
return
# Join the fragments into a comma-separated string
setstring = ', '.join(setlist)
wherestring = ' AND '.join(wherelist)
# Build the whole query as an UPDATE statement
query = ("UPDATE %s SET %s WHERE %s;"
% (tablename, setstring, wherestring))
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def delete(self, primarydict, tablename, primary_keys, dry=False):
"""Deletes a row in the table, matching against primarydict to find
the row.
primarydict, tablename, primary_keys: See update.
"""
if not DB.check_dict(primarydict, primary_keys, must=True):
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid or missing fields (2).")
wherelist = []
for k,v in primarydict.items():
wherelist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
if len(wherelist) == 0:
return
wherestring = ' AND '.join(wherelist)
query = ("DELETE FROM %s WHERE %s;" % (tablename, wherestring))
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def get_single(self, primarydict, tablename, getfields, primary_keys,
error_notfound="No rows found", dry=False):
"""Retrieves a single row from a table, returning it as a dictionary
mapping field names to values. Matches against primarydict to find the
row.
primarydict, tablename, primary_keys: See update/delete.
getfields: Collection of strings; the field names which will be
returned as keys in the dictionary.
error_notfound: Error message if 0 rows match.
Raises a DBException if 0 rows match, with error_notfound as the msg.
Raises an AssertError if >1 rows match (this should not happen if
primary_keys is indeed the primary key).
"""
if not DB.check_dict(primarydict, primary_keys, must=True):
raise DBException("Supplied dictionary contains invalid or missing fields (3).")
wherelist = []
for k,v in primarydict.items():
wherelist.append("%s = %s" % (k, _escape(v)))
if len(getfields) == 0 or len(wherelist) == 0:
return
# Join the fragments into a comma-separated string
getstring = ', '.join(getfields)
wherestring = ' AND '.join(wherelist)
# Build the whole query as an SELECT statement
query = ("SELECT %s FROM %s WHERE %s;"
% (getstring, tablename, wherestring))
if dry: return query
result = self.db.query(query)
# Expecting exactly one
if result.ntuples() != 1:
# It should not be possible for ntuples to be greater than 1
assert (result.ntuples() < 1)
raise DBException(error_notfound)
# Return as a dictionary
return result.dictresult()[0]
def get_all(self, tablename, getfields, dry=False):
"""Retrieves all rows from a table, returning it as a list of
dictionaries mapping field names to values.
tablename, getfields: See get_single.
"""
if len(getfields) == 0:
return
getstring = ', '.join(getfields)
query = ("SELECT %s FROM %s;" % (getstring, tablename))
if dry: return query
return self.db.query(query).dictresult()
def start_transaction(self, dry=False):
"""Starts a DB transaction.
Will not commit any changes until self.commit() is called.
"""
query = "START TRANSACTION;"
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def commit(self, dry=False):
"""Commits (ends) a DB transaction.
Commits all changes since the call to start_transaction.
"""
query = "COMMIT;"
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
def rollback(self, dry=False):
"""Rolls back (ends) a DB transaction, undoing all changes since the
call to start_transaction.
"""
query = "ROLLBACK;"
if dry: return query
self.db.query(query)
# USER MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS #
login_primary = frozenset(["login"])
login_fields_list = [
"login", "passhash", "state", "unixid", "email", "nick", "fullname",
"rolenm", "studentid", "acct_exp", "pass_exp", "last_login", "svn_pass"
]
login_fields = frozenset(login_fields_list)
def create_user(self, user_obj=None, dry=False, **kwargs):
"""Creates a user login entry in the database.
Two ways to call this - passing a user object, or passing
all fields as separate arguments.
Either pass a "user_obj" as the first argument (in which case other
fields will be ignored), or pass all fields as arguments.
All user fields are to be passed as args. The argument names
are the field names of the "login" table of the DB schema.
However, instead of supplying a "passhash", you must supply a
"password" argument, which will be hashed internally.
Also "state" must not given explicitly; it is implicitly set to
"no_agreement".
Raises an exception if the user already exists, or the dict contains
invalid keys or is missing required keys.
"""
if 'passhash' in kwargs:
raise DBException("Supplied arguments include passhash (invalid) (1).")
# Make a copy of the dict. Change password to passhash (hashing it),
# and set 'state' to "no_agreement".
if user_obj is None:
# Use the kwargs
fields = copy.copy(kwargs)
else:
# Use the user object
fields = dict(user_obj)
if 'password' in fields:
fields['passhash'] = _passhash(fields['password'])
del fields['password']
if 'role' in fields:
# Convert role to rolenm
fields['rolenm'] = str(user_obj.role)
del fields['role']
if user_obj is None:
fields['state'] = "no_agreement"
# else, we'll trust the user, but it SHOULD be "no_agreement"
# (We can't change it because then the user object would not
# reflect the DB).
if 'local_password' in fields:
del fields['local_password']
# Execute the query.
return self.insert(fields, "login", self.login_fields, dry=dry)
def update_user(self, login, dry=False, **kwargs):
"""Updates fields of a particular user. login is the name of the user
to update. The dict contains the fields which will be modified, and
their new values. If any value is omitted from the dict, it does not
get modified. login and studentid may not be modified.
Passhash may be modified by supplying a "password" field, in
cleartext, not a hashed password.
Note that no checking is done. It is expected this function is called
by a trusted source. In particular, it allows the password to be
changed without knowing the old password. The caller should check
that the user knows the existing password before calling this function
with a new one.
"""
if 'passhash' in kwargs:
raise DBException("Supplied arguments include passhash (invalid) (2).")
if "password" in kwargs:
kwargs = copy.copy(kwargs)
kwargs['passhash'] = _passhash(kwargs['password'])
del kwargs['password']
return self.update({"login": login}, kwargs, "login",
self.login_fields, self.login_primary, ["login", "studentid"],
dry=dry)
def get_user(self, login, dry=False):
"""Given a login, returns a User object containing details looked up
in the DB.
Raises a DBException if the login is not found in the DB.
"""
userdict = self.get_single({"login": login}, "login",
self.login_fields, self.login_primary,
error_notfound="get_user: No user with that login name", dry=dry)
if dry:
return userdict # Query string
# Package into a User object
return user.User(**userdict)
def get_users(self, dry=False):
"""Returns a list of all users in the DB, as User objects.
"""
userdicts = self.get_all("login", self.login_fields, dry=dry)
if dry:
return userdicts # Query string
# Package into User objects
return [user.User(**userdict) for userdict in userdicts]
def get_user_loginid(self, login, dry=False):
"""Given a login, returns the integer loginid for this user.
Raises a DBException if the login is not found in the DB.
"""
userdict = self.get_single({"login": login}, "login",
['loginid'], self.login_primary,
error_notfound="get_user_loginid: No user with that login name",
dry=dry)
if dry:
return userdict # Query string
return userdict['loginid']
def user_authenticate(self, login, password, dry=False):
"""Performs a password authentication on a user. Returns True if
"passhash" is the correct passhash for the given login, False
if the passhash does not match the password in the DB,
and None if the passhash in the DB is NULL.
Also returns False if the login does not exist (so if you want to
differentiate these cases, use get_user and catch an exception).
"""
query = ("SELECT passhash FROM login WHERE login = %s;"
% _escape(login))
if dry: return query
result = self.db.query(query)
if result.ntuples() == 1:
# Valid username. Check password.
passhash = result.getresult()[0][0]
if passhash is None:
return None
return _passhash(password) == passhash
else:
return False
# PROBLEM AND PROBLEM ATTEMPT FUNCTIONS #
def get_problem_problemid(self, exercisename, dry=False):
"""Given an exercise name, returns the associated problemID.
If the exercise name is NOT in the database, it inserts it and returns
the new problemID. Hence this may mutate the DB, but is idempotent.
"""
try:
d = self.get_single({"identifier": exercisename}, "problem",
['problemid'], frozenset(["identifier"]),
dry=dry)
if dry:
return d # Query string
except DBException:
if dry:
# Shouldn't try again, must have failed for some other reason
raise
# if we failed to get a problemid, it was probably because
# the exercise wasn't in the db. So lets insert it!
#
# The insert can fail if someone else simultaneously does
# the insert, so if the insert fails, we ignore the problem.
try:
self.insert({'identifier': exercisename}, "problem",
frozenset(['identifier']))
except Exception, e:
pass
# Assuming the insert succeeded, we should be able to get the
# problemid now.
d = self.get_single({"identifier": exercisename}, "problem",
['problemid'], frozenset(["identifier"]))
return d['problemid']
def insert_problem_attempt(self, login, exercisename, date, complete,
attempt, dry=False):
"""Inserts the details of a problem attempt into the database.
exercisename: Name of the exercise. (identifier field of problem
table). If this exercise does not exist, also creates a new row in
the problem table for this exercise name.
login: Name of the user submitting the attempt. (login field of the
login table).
date: struct_time, the date this attempt was made.
complete: bool. Whether the test passed or not.
attempt: Text of the attempt.
Note: Even if dry, will still physically call get_problem_problemid,
which may mutate the DB, and get_user_loginid, which may fail.
"""
problemid = self.get_problem_problemid(exercisename)
loginid = self.get_user_loginid(login) # May raise a DBException
return self.insert({
'problemid': problemid,
'loginid': loginid,
'date': date,
'complete': complete,
'attempt': attempt,
}, 'problem_attempt',
frozenset(['problemid','loginid','date','complete','attempt']),
dry=dry)
def write_problem_save(self, login, exercisename, date, text, dry=False):
"""Writes text to the problem_save table (for when the user saves an
exercise). Creates a new row, or overwrites an existing one if the
user has already saved that problem.
(Unlike problem_attempt, does not keep historical records).
"""
problemid = self.get_problem_problemid(exercisename)
loginid = self.get_user_loginid(login) # May raise a DBException
try:
return self.insert({
'problemid': problemid,
'loginid': loginid,
'date': date,
'text': text,
}, 'problem_save',
frozenset(['problemid','loginid','date','text']),
dry=dry)
except pg.ProgrammingError:
# May have failed because this problemid/loginid row already
# exists (they have a unique key constraint).
# Do an update instead.
if dry:
# Shouldn't try again, must have failed for some other reason
raise
self.update({
'problemid': problemid,
'loginid': loginid,
},
{
'date': date,
'text': text,
}, "problem_save",
frozenset(['date', 'text']),
frozenset(['problemid', 'loginid']))
def get_problem_stored_text(self, login, exercisename, dry=False):
"""Given a login name and exercise name, returns the text of the
last saved/submitted attempt for this question.
Returns None if the user has not saved or made an attempt on this
problem.
(If the user has both saved and submitted, it returns whichever was
made last).
Note: Even if dry, will still physically call get_problem_problemid,
which may mutate the DB, and get_user_loginid, which may fail.
"""
problemid = self.get_problem_problemid(exercisename)
loginid = self.get_user_loginid(login) # May raise a DBException
# This very complex query finds all submissions made by this user for
# this problem, as well as the save made by this user for this
# problem, and returns the text of the newest one.
# (Whichever is newer out of the save or the submit).
query = """SELECT text FROM
(
(SELECT * FROM problem_save WHERE loginid = %d AND problemid = %d)
UNION
(SELECT problemid, loginid, date, text FROM problem_attempt
AS problem_attempt (problemid, loginid, date, text)
WHERE loginid = %d AND problemid = %d)
)
AS _
ORDER BY date DESC
LIMIT 1;""" % (loginid, problemid, loginid, problemid)
if dry: return query
result = self.db.query(query)
if result.ntuples() == 1:
# The user has made at least 1 attempt. Return the newest.
return result.getresult()[0][0]
else:
return None
def get_problem_status(self, login, exercisename, dry=False):
"""Given a login name and exercise name, returns information about the
user's performance on that problem.
Returns a tuple of:
- A boolean, whether they have successfully passed this exercise.
- An int, the number of attempts they have made up to and
including the first successful attempt (or the total number of
attempts, if not yet successful).
"""
problemid = self.get_problem_problemid(exercisename)
loginid = self.get_user_loginid(login) # May raise a DBException
# ASSUME that it is completed, get the total number of attempts up to
# and including the first successful attempt.
# (Get the date of the first successful attempt. Then count the number
# of attempts made <= that date).
# Will return an empty table if the problem has never been
# successfully completed.
query = """SELECT COUNT(*) FROM problem_attempt
WHERE loginid = %d AND problemid = %d AND date <=
(SELECT date FROM problem_attempt
WHERE loginid = %d AND problemid = %d AND complete = TRUE
ORDER BY date ASC
LIMIT 1);""" % (loginid, problemid, loginid, problemid)
if dry: return query
result = self.db.query(query)
count = int(result.getresult()[0][0])
if count > 0:
# The user has made at least 1 successful attempt.
# Return True for success, and the number of attempts up to and
# including the successful one.
return (True, count)
else:
# Returned 0 rows - this indicates that the problem has not been
# completed.
# Return the total number of attempts, and False for success.
query = """SELECT COUNT(*) FROM problem_attempt
WHERE loginid = %d AND problemid = %d;""" % (loginid, problemid)
result = self.db.query(query)
count = int(result.getresult()[0][0])
return (False, count)
# WORKSHEET/PROBLEM ASSOCIATION AND MARKS CALCULATION
def get_worksheet_mtime(self, subject, worksheet, dry=False):
"""
For a given subject/worksheet name, gets the time the worksheet was
last updated in the DB, if any.
This can be used to check if there is a newer version on disk.
Returns the timestamp as a time.struct_time, or None if the worksheet
is not found or has no stored mtime.
"""
try:
r = self.get_single(
{"subject": subject, "identifier": worksheet},
"worksheet", ["mtime"], ["subject", "identifier"],
dry=dry)
except DBException:
# Assume the worksheet is not in the DB
return None
if dry:
return r
if r["mtime"] is None:
return None
return time.strptime(r["mtime"], TIMESTAMP_FORMAT)
def create_worksheet(self, subject, worksheet, problems,
assessable=False):
"""
Inserts or updates rows in the worksheet and worksheet_problems
tables, to create a worksheet in the database.
This atomically performs all operations. If the worksheet is already
in the DB, removes it and all its associated problems and rebuilds.
Sets the timestamp to the current time.
problems is a collection of pairs. The first element of the pair is
the problem identifier ("identifier" column of the problem table). The
second element is an optional boolean, "optional". This can be omitted
(so it's a 1-tuple), and then it will default to False.
Note: As with get_problem_problemid, if a problem name is not in the
DB, it will be added to the problem table.
"""
self.start_transaction()
try:
# Use the current time as the "mtime" field
mtime = time.localtime()
try:
# Get the worksheetid
r = self.get_single(
{"subject": subject, "identifier": worksheet},
"worksheet", ["worksheetid"], ["subject", "identifier"])
worksheetid = r["worksheetid"]
# Delete any problems which might exist
query = ("DELETE FROM worksheet_problem "
"WHERE worksheetid = %d;" % worksheetid)
self.db.query(query)
# Update the row with the new details
query = ("UPDATE worksheet "
"SET assessable = %s, mtime = %s "
"WHERE worksheetid = %d;"
% (_escape(assessable), _escape(mtime), worksheetid))
self.db.query(query)
except DBException:
# Assume the worksheet is not in the DB
# Create the worksheet row
query = ("INSERT INTO worksheet "
"(subject, identifier, assessable, mtime) "
"VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s);"""
% (_escape(subject), _escape(worksheet),
_escape(assessable), _escape(mtime)))
self.db.query(query)
# Now get the worksheetid again - should succeed
r = self.get_single(
{"subject": subject, "identifier": worksheet},
"worksheet", ["worksheetid"], ["subject", "identifier"])
worksheetid = r["worksheetid"]
# Now insert each problem into the worksheet_problem table
for problem in problems:
if isinstance(problem, tuple):
prob_identifier = problem[0]
try:
optional = problem[1]
except IndexError:
optional = False
else:
prob_identifier = problem
optional = False
problemid = self.get_problem_problemid(prob_identifier)
query = ("INSERT INTO worksheet_problem "
"(worksheetid, problemid, optional) "
"VALUES (%d, %d, %s);"
% (worksheetid, problemid, _escape(optional)))
self.db.query(query)
self.commit()
except:
self.rollback()
raise
def close(self):
"""Close the DB connection. Do not call any other functions after
this. (The behaviour of doing so is undefined).
"""
self.db.close()
self.open = False
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