diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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diff --git a/config/shards.yml b/config/shards.yml
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+octopus:
+  shards:
+    america:
+      adapter: sqlite
+      database: america.sqlite3
+    europe:
+      adapter: sqlite
+      database: europe.sqlite3
+    asia:
+      adapter: asia
+      database: asia.sqlite3
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diff --git a/database_connection.rb b/database_connection.rb
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+require "active_record"
+require "octopus"
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => "sqlite3", :database => "master.sqlite3")
+
+class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+end
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diff --git a/server.rb b/server.rb
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+require "rubygems"
+require "sinatra"
+require "database_connection"
+
+get "/" do
+
+end
+
+get "/database/:shard" do
+  Octopus.using(params[:shard].to_sym) do
+    
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/spec/server_spec.rb b/spec/server_spec.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+
+describe "Server" do
+  include Rack::Test::Methods
+
+  def app
+    @app ||= Sinatra::Application
+  end
+
+  it "should respond to /" do
+    get '/'
+    last_response.should be_ok
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
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+--colour
+--format progress
+--loadby mtime
+--reverse
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diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
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+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'server.rb')
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'sinatra'
+require 'rack/test'
+require 'spec'
+require 'spec/autorun'
+require 'spec/interop/test'
+
+# set test environment
+set :environment, :test
+set :run, false
+set :raise_errors, true
+set :logging, false
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diff --git a/views/database.html.haml b/views/database.html.haml
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diff --git a/views/welcome.html.haml b/views/welcome.html.haml
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