Index: trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm
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--- trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm	(revision 20056)
+++ trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm	(revision 20057)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2008  Joshua Hoblitt
 #
-# $Id: Server.pm,v 1.90 2008-10-11 01:16:50 jhoblitt Exp $
+# $Id: Server.pm,v 1.91 2008-10-11 01:24:21 jhoblitt Exp $
 
 package Nebulous::Server;
@@ -50,4 +50,7 @@
     $self->config($config);
 
+    # ask for the db handle as a means of validating the database parameters
+    $self->db;
+
     $log->debug( "leaving" );