diff -r 2209e66bb50b -r 500cd0405c7a script/lib/iri_tweet/tweet_twitter_user.py
--- a/script/lib/iri_tweet/tweet_twitter_user.py	Fri Aug 12 18:17:27 2011 +0200
+++ b/script/lib/iri_tweet/tweet_twitter_user.py	Wed Aug 17 18:32:07 2011 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from iri_tweet.models import setup_database, Message, UserMessage, User
 from iri_tweet.utils import (get_oauth_token, get_user_query, set_logging_options, 
-    set_logging, parse_date, logger)
+    set_logging, parse_date, get_logger)
 from optparse import OptionParser #@UnresolvedImport
 from sqlalchemy import BigInteger
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 import twitter
+import re
 
 APPLICATION_NAME = "Tweet recorder user"
 CONSUMER_KEY = "Vdr5ZcsjI1G3esTPI8yDg"
@@ -58,7 +59,11 @@
     if not options.message or len(options.message) == 0:
         sys.exit()
 
-    engine, metadata = setup_database('sqlite:///'+options.database, echo=((options.verbose-options.quiet)>0), create_all = True)        
+    conn_str = options.database.strip()
+    if not re.match("^\w+://.+", conn_str):
+        conn_str = 'sqlite:///' + conn_str
+
+    engine, metadata = setup_database(conn_str, echo=((options.verbose-options.quiet)>0), create_all = False)        
     
     Session = sessionmaker()
     conn = engine.connect()
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@
                 screen_name = user.screen_name
                 
                 message = u"@%s: %s" % (screen_name, base_message)
-                logger.debug("new status : " + message) #@UndefinedVariable
+                get_logger.debug("new status : " + message) #@UndefinedVariable
                 if not options.simulate:
                     t.statuses.update(status=message)
                     user_message = UserMessage(user_id=user.id, message_id=message_obj.id)