import sqlite3 con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:") con.execute("create table lang (id integer primary key, name varchar unique)") # Successful, con.commit() is called automatically afterwards with con: con.execute("insert into lang(name) values (?)", ("Python",)) # con.rollback() is called after the with block finishes with an exception, the # exception is still raised and must be caught try: with con: con.execute("insert into lang(name) values (?)", ("Python",)) except sqlite3.IntegrityError: print("couldn't add Python twice") # Connection object used as context manager only commits or rollbacks transactions, # so the connection object should be closed manually con.close()