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require 'rubygems'
gem 'mysql2'
gem 'activerecord', '3.1.1'
require 'active_record'

# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_wait_timeout
MYSQL_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MAX = 2147483

# Testing the remote db connection after a 60s sleep
def test_connection(extra_conf = {})

longlostnick

# (v.respond_to?(:empty?) ? v.empty? : !v) is basically rails' .blank? in plain ruby
class Hash
  def delete_blank
    delete_if do |k, v|
      (v.respond_to?(:empty?) ? v.empty? : !v) or v.instance_of?(Hash) && v.delete_blank.empty?
    end
  end
end