Merge branch 'matthew/gin_work_mem' into matthew/hit_the_gin

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py

index a6ae79dfad..8a0386c1a4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ class PostgresEngine(object):
 
     def lock_table(self, txn, table):
         txn.execute("LOCK TABLE %s in EXCLUSIVE MODE" % (table,))
+
+    def get_next_state_group_id(self, txn):
+        """Returns an int that can be used as a new state_group ID
+        """
+        txn.execute("SELECT nextval('state_group_id_seq')")
+        return txn.fetchone()[0]