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+#
+# This file is part of pretix (Community Edition).
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2020  Raphael Michel and contributors
+# Copyright (C) 2020-today pretix GmbH and contributors
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General
+# Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation in version 3 of the License.
+#
+# ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLY: Pursuant to Section 7 of the GNU Affero General Public License, additional terms are
+# applicable granting you additional permissions and placing additional restrictions on your usage of this software.
+# Please refer to the pretix LICENSE file to obtain the full terms applicable to this work. If you did not receive
+# this file, see <https://pretix.eu/about/en/license>.
+#
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program.  If not, see
+# <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+def readonly_db(execute, sql, params, many, context):
+    if not sql.lower().startswith("select"):
+        raise Exception(f"Should not write anything to the database, but detected query: {sql}")
+    return execute(sql, params, many, context)