From a69337b6c677fd22da77db278f534a41f2b19790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Blank <doug.blank@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 15:44:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] method for getting base database, if a proxy

svn: r15465
---
 src/gen/db/read.py         | 5 +++++
 src/gen/proxy/proxybase.py | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/gen/db/read.py b/src/gen/db/read.py
index 7dd254c71..7bd37083a 100644
--- a/src/gen/db/read.py
+++ b/src/gen/db/read.py
@@ -1466,3 +1466,8 @@ class DbBsddbRead(DbReadBase, Callback):
         """
         return self._bm_changes > 0
 
+    def get_base_db(self):
+        """
+        Return the base database.
+        """
+        return self
diff --git a/src/gen/proxy/proxybase.py b/src/gen/proxy/proxybase.py
index 30e8d68bb..c53f75671 100644
--- a/src/gen/proxy/proxybase.py
+++ b/src/gen/proxy/proxybase.py
@@ -722,3 +722,12 @@ class ProxyDbBase(DbReadBase):
     def get_note_bookmarks(self):
         """returns the list of Note handles in the bookmarks"""
         return self.note_bookmarks
+
+    def get_base_db(self):
+        """
+        Return the base database.
+        """
+        basedb = self
+        while isinstance(basedb, ProxyDbBase):
+            basedb = basedb.db
+        return basedb