[TurboGears] Q: Correct way to excersize your Turbogears SQLObject model by script?

[Mike Kent]

I put together a simple learning project using 'tg-admin quickstart',
and set up a simple model.  Now I want to write a quick-n-dirty python
script to use the model with TestGears.  After much skiming of docs and
experimentation, I came up with this:

from sqlobject import *
from turbogears.database import *

connStr = "mysql://mike:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/books"
conn = connectionForURI(connStr)  #Why do I have to do both this...
sqlhub.processConnection = conn
hub = AutoConnectHub(connStr)      #...and this, to get it to work.

import books.model

def test_newAuthor():
    auth = books.model.Author(last_name="Smith", first_name="John")
    assert auth is not None
    assert auth.last_name == "Smith"
    assert auth.first_name == "John"

This can't really be the right way to do this.  Why do I have to use
both 'connnectionForURI()' and 'AutoConnectHub()' to avoid an exception
with a message that ends:

  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/TurboGears-0.8a5-py2.4.egg/turbogears/database.py",
line 116, in set_hub
    raise KeyError, "No database configuration found!"
KeyError: 'No database configuration found!'