from sqlalchemy.pool import NullPool

        url = configuration[prefix + 'url']

        if url.startswith('sqlite'):

            kwargs.update({'poolclass': NullPool})

        return efc(configuration, prefix, **kwargs)

    else:

        import time

        from sqlalchemy import event

        log = logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine')

        BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = xrange(30, 38)

        engine = efc(configuration, prefix, **kwargs)

        def color_sql(sql):

            COLOR_SEQ = "\033[1;%dm"

            COLOR_SQL = YELLOW

            normal = '\x1b[0m'

            return ''.join([COLOR_SEQ % COLOR_SQL, sql, normal])

        if configuration['debug']:

            #attach events only for debug configuration

            def before_cursor_execute(conn, cursor, statement,

                                    parameters, context, executemany):

                context._query_start_time = time.time()

                log.info(color_sql(">>>>> STARTING QUERY >>>>>"))

            def after_cursor_execute(conn, cursor, statement,

                                    parameters, context, executemany):

                total = time.time() - context._query_start_time

                log.info(color_sql("<<<<< TOTAL TIME: %f <<<<<" % total))

            event.listen(engine, "before_cursor_execute",

                         before_cursor_execute)

            event.listen(engine, "after_cursor_execute",

                         after_cursor_execute)

    return engine

def age(prevdate, show_short_version=False, now=None):

    """

    turns a datetime into an age string.

    If show_short_version is True, then it will generate a not so accurate but shorter string,

    example: 2days ago, instead of 2 days and 23 hours ago.

    :param prevdate: datetime object

    :rtype: unicode

    :returns: unicode words describing age

    """

    now = now or datetime.datetime.now()

    order = ['year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second']

    deltas = {}

    future = False

    if prevdate > now:

        now, prevdate = prevdate, now

        future = True

    if future:

        prevdate = prevdate.replace(microsecond=0)

    # Get date parts deltas

    from dateutil import relativedelta

    for part in order:

        d = relativedelta.relativedelta(now, prevdate)

        deltas[part] = getattr(d, part + 's')

    # Fix negative offsets (there is 1 second between 10:59:59 and 11:00:00,

    # not 1 hour, -59 minutes and -59 seconds)

    for num, length in [(5, 60), (4, 60), (3, 24)]:  # seconds, minutes, hours

        part = order[num]

        carry_part = order[num - 1]

        if deltas[part] < 0:

            deltas[part] += length

            deltas[carry_part] -= 1

    # Same thing for days except that the increment depends on the (variable)

    # number of days in the month

    month_lengths = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]

    if deltas['day'] < 0:

        if prevdate.month == 2 and (prevdate.year % 4 == 0 and

            (prevdate.year % 100 != 0 or prevdate.year % 400 == 0)):

            deltas['day'] += 29

        else:

            deltas['day'] += month_lengths[prevdate.month - 1]

        deltas['month'] -= 1

    if deltas['month'] < 0:

        deltas['month'] += 12

        deltas['year'] -= 1

    # In short version, we want nicer handling of ages of more than a year

    if show_short_version:

        if deltas['year'] == 1: