Merge e81a99c into 906ae98

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
 
+V0.9.2
+------
+    * Better misconfiguration exception messages and exception classes.
+
 V0.9.1
 ------
     * Fixed syntax error in README>rst

mongolog/exceptions.py

@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 class MissingConnectionError(ValueError):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ValueError.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class LogConfigError(ValueError):
+    pass

mongolog/handlers.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     from pymongo.collection import ReturnDocument
 
 from mongolog.models import LogRecord
-from mongolog.exceptions import MissingConnectionError
+from mongolog.exceptions import MissingConnectionError, LogConfigError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('')
 console = logging.getLogger('mongolog-int')
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ def get_mongolog_handler(logger_name=None, show_logger_names=False):
             break
 
     if not handler:
-        raise ValueError("No BaseMongoLogHandler could be found.  Did you add on to youy logging config?")
+        if logger_name:
+            raise LogConfigError("logger '%s' does not have a mongolog based handler associated with it." % logger_name)
+
+        raise LogConfigError("There are no loggers with a mongolog based handler.  Please see documentation about setting up LOGGING.")
     return handler
 
 

setup.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
-VERSION = "0.9.1"
+VERSION = "0.9.2"
 
 with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')) as readme:
     README = readme.read()