improved error msg

lsst-dm · Sep 17, 2015 · 8b971b3 · 8b971b3
1 parent 6e058dc
commit 8b971b3
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/python/lsst/db/engineFactory.py b/python/lsst/db/engineFactory.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 """
 
 # standard library imports
-from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser, NoSectionError
 import logging as log
 import os
 
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ def getEngineFromFile(fileName):
         fileName = os.path.expanduser(fileName)
     parser = ConfigParser()
     parser.readfp(open(fileName), fileName)
-    options = dict(parser.items("database"))
+    try:
+        options = dict(parser.items("database"))
+    except NoSectionError:
+        log.error("File %s does not contain section 'database'" % fileName)
+        raise
+
     return sqlalchemy.engine_from_config(options, "")
 
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