gistfile1.rb

# Rails initializer for CouchDB
begin
  config = YAML::load(File.open('config/couchdb.yml'))
rescue
  puts "ERROR: Could not read config/couchdb.yml"
  exit(1)
end

begin
  RelaxDB.configure(config[RAILS_ENV])
  RelaxDB.use_db(config[RAILS_ENV][:db])
  puts "RelaxDB connected to CouchDB #{RelaxDB.db.uri}"
rescue => e
  uri = RelaxDB.db ? RelaxDB.db.uri : "<initialisation error>"
  puts "RelaxDB could not connect to CouchDB at #{uri} due to error #{e}: \n#{e.backtrace.join("\n")}"
  exit(1)
end