Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/nightly_science.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/nightly_science.pl	(revision 33989)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/nightly_science.pl	(revision 34008)
@@ -2052,8 +2052,13 @@
 
 sub init_gpc_db {
+    ## change to use the site.config setting, however may want to use replicated scidbs instead
+    my $ipprc =  PS::IPP::Config->new(); # IPP Configuration
+    my $siteConfig = $ipprc->{_siteConfig};
     use constant DB_SOCKET => '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock';
-    my $dbserver = 'ippdb01';
+    # my $dbserver = 'ippdb01';
     my $dbuser = 'ippuser';
     my $dbpass = 'ippuser';
+    my $dbserver = metadataLookupStr($siteConfig, 'DBSERVER');
+    die "database configuration not set up" unless defined($dbserver);
     $db = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=${dbname};host=${dbserver};" .
                        "mysql_socket=" . DB_SOCKET(),