manual db close

records.py

@@ -209,12 +209,18 @@ class Database(object):
 
         # Enable hstore if it's available.
         self._enable_hstore()
+        self.open = True
+
+    # Closes the connection manually
+    def close(self):
+        self.db.close()
+        self.open = False
 
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc, val, traceback):
-        self.db.close()
+        self.close()
 
     def _enable_hstore(self):
         try: