Index: trunk/ippToPsps/jython/config.py
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/jython/config.py	(revision 35097)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/jython/config.py	(revision 35177)
@@ -64,4 +64,13 @@
         print "config.test: ", self.test
 
+        root = self.settingsDoc.getroot()
+        localdb = root.find('localdatabase')
+        for loaderhost in localdb.findall('loaderhost'):
+          name = loaderhost.get('name')
+          dbname = loaderhost.find('dbname').text
+          dbhost = loaderhost.find('host').text
+          print "loaderhost / dbhost : ", name, dbname, dbhost
+
+
     '''
     Creates a logger object and returns it
@@ -85,6 +94,49 @@
     Various db metadata getters
     '''
-    def getDbName(self, dbType): return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/name").text
-    def getDbHost(self, dbType): return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/host").text
-    def getDbUser(self, dbType): return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/user").text
-    def getDbPassword(self, dbType): return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/password").text
+    def getDbName(self, dbType): 
+        if dbType == 'localdatabase' or dbType == 'localdatabase_test':
+            return self.scratchDbLeaf.find('name').text
+        else:
+            return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/name").text
+
+    def getDbHost(self, dbType): 
+        if dbType == 'localdatabase' or dbType == 'localdatabase_test':
+            return self.scratchDbLeaf.find('host').text
+        else:
+            return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/host").text
+
+    def getDbUser(self, dbType): 
+        if dbType == 'localdatabase' or dbType == 'localdatabase_test':
+            return self.scratchDbLeaf.find('user').text
+        else:
+            return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/user").text
+
+    def getDbPassword(self, dbType): 
+        if dbType == 'localdatabase' or dbType == 'localdatabase_test':
+            return self.scratchDbLeaf.find('password').text
+        else:
+            return self.settingsDoc.find(dbType +"/password").text
+
+    def setScratchDbLeaf(self, myhost):
+        root = self.settingsDoc.getroot()
+        if (self.test):
+            localdb = root.find('localdatabase_test')
+        else:
+            localdb = root.find('localdatabase')
+
+        for loaderhost in localdb.findall('loader'):
+          name = loaderhost.get('mach')
+          print "name, myhost: ", name, myhost
+          if name == myhost:
+              self.scratchDbLeaf = loaderhost
+              return 1
+
+        for loaderhost in localdb.findall('loader'):
+          name = loaderhost.get('mach')
+          print "name, myhost: ", name, myhost
+          if name == 'generic':
+              self.scratchDbLeaf = loaderhost
+              return 1
+
+        print "Config Error: cannot find valid scratch db matching ", myhost, "or generic"
+        raise