# HG changeset patch
# User catherine.devlin@gmail.com
# Date 1285260776 14400
# Node ID 85495d4d6c73c4bd837a7a2c1d2a4fef8cf10401
# Parent  6f6e43ed656cebb1b094c5e20473b60b1b087b69
raise NotImplemented for graceful failure

diff -r 6f6e43ed656c -r 85495d4d6c73 sqlpython/connections.py
--- a/sqlpython/connections.py	Thu Sep 23 09:42:28 2010 -0400
+++ b/sqlpython/connections.py	Thu Sep 23 12:52:56 2010 -0400
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@
     gerald_types = {'TABLE': gerald.oracle_schema.Table,
                     'VIEW': gerald.oracle_schema.View}
     def object_metadata(self, owner, object_type, name):
-        return self.gerald_types[object_type](name, self.connection.cursor(), owner)
-                      
+        if object_type in self.gerald_types:
+            return self.gerald_types[object_type](name, self.connection.cursor(), owner)
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError, '%s not implemented for this RDBMS' % object_type
 
 parser = optparse.OptionParser()
 parser.add_option('--postgres', action='store_true', help='Connect to postgreSQL: `connect --postgres [DBNAME [USERNAME]]`')