diff --git a/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py b/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py
index 5cc2a1748137..b2972a164424 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py
@@ -3878,15 +3878,19 @@ def unpack_table_name(name: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None, str]:
                 min_err_prefix="pandas >= 2.2 requires",
             )
             # note: the catalog (database) should be a part of the connection string
-            from sqlalchemy.engine import create_engine
+            from sqlalchemy.engine import Connectable, create_engine
             from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
+            sa_object: Connectable
             if isinstance(connection, str):
-                engine_sa = create_engine(connection)
+                sa_object = create_engine(connection)
             elif isinstance(connection, Session):
-                engine_sa = connection.connection().engine
+                sa_object = connection.connection()
+            elif isinstance(connection, Connectable):
+                sa_object = connection
             else:
-                engine_sa = connection.engine  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+                error_msg = f"unexpected connection type {type(connection)}"
+                raise TypeError(error_msg)
 
             catalog, db_schema, unpacked_table_name = unpack_table_name(table_name)
             if catalog:
@@ -3900,7 +3904,7 @@ def unpack_table_name(name: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None, str]:
             ).to_sql(
                 name=unpacked_table_name,
                 schema=db_schema,
-                con=engine_sa,
+                con=sa_object,
                 if_exists=if_table_exists,
                 index=False,
                 **(engine_options or {}),
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/database/test_write.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/database/test_write.py
index f79060fe729e..1a995e31df64 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/database/test_write.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/database/test_write.py
@@ -259,3 +259,62 @@ def test_write_database_using_sa_session(tmp_path: str) -> None:
         )
 
     assert_frame_equal(result, df)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.write_disk()
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("pass_connection", [True, False])
+def test_write_database_sa_rollback(tmp_path: str, pass_connection: bool) -> None:
+    df = pl.DataFrame(
+        {
+            "key": ["xx", "yy", "zz"],
+            "value": [123, None, 789],
+            "other": [5.5, 7.0, None],
+        }
+    )
+    table_name = "test_sa_rollback"
+    test_db_uri = f"sqlite:///{tmp_path}/test_sa_rollback.db"
+    engine = create_engine(test_db_uri, poolclass=NullPool)
+    with Session(engine) as session:
+        if pass_connection:
+            conn = session.connection()
+            df.write_database(table_name, conn)
+        else:
+            df.write_database(table_name, session)
+        session.rollback()
+
+    with Session(engine) as session:
+        count = pl.read_database(
+            query=f"select count(*) from {table_name}", connection=session
+        ).item(0, 0)
+
+    assert isinstance(count, int)
+    assert count == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.write_disk()
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("pass_connection", [True, False])
+def test_write_database_sa_commit(tmp_path: str, pass_connection: bool) -> None:
+    df = pl.DataFrame(
+        {
+            "key": ["xx", "yy", "zz"],
+            "value": [123, None, 789],
+            "other": [5.5, 7.0, None],
+        }
+    )
+    table_name = "test_sa_commit"
+    test_db_uri = f"sqlite:///{tmp_path}/test_sa_commit.db"
+    engine = create_engine(test_db_uri, poolclass=NullPool)
+    with Session(engine) as session:
+        if pass_connection:
+            conn = session.connection()
+            df.write_database(table_name, conn)
+        else:
+            df.write_database(table_name, session)
+        session.commit()
+
+    with Session(engine) as session:
+        result = pl.read_database(
+            query=f"select * from {table_name}", connection=session
+        )
+
+    assert_frame_equal(result, df)