Do this work for you?
if dbname in couch:
db = couch[dbname]
else:
db = couch.create(dbname)
Cheers,
-- Yoan
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Jay Luker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm basically wondering if there's a better way to implement this:
>
> def get_or_make_db(dbname):
> couch = Server('http://localhost:5984')
> db = None
> try:
> db = couch.create(dbname)
> except ResourceConflict,e:
> logger.debug("db %s already existed: %s" % (dbname,e))
> db = couch[dbname]
> return db
>
> Having to catch the ResourceConflict exception seems backwards to me.
> I came to this solution after my natural inclination didn't seem to
> behave like I expected. I initially tried this:
>
> def get_or_make_db(dbname):
> couch = Server('http://localhost:5984')
> db = None
> try:
> db = couch[dbname]
> except ResourceNotFound,e:
> logger.debug("db %s already existed: %s" % (dbname,e))
> db = couch.create(dbname)
> return db
>
> The problem with that is that "db = couch[dbname]" won't throw a
> ResourceNotFound exception if the database doesn't exist.
>
> --jay
>
