diff -r eb885a117aa0 -r 54d7f1486ac4 script/iri_tweet/models.py
--- a/script/iri_tweet/models.py	Wed Jan 12 13:25:01 2011 +0100
+++ b/script/iri_tweet/models.py	Tue Jan 18 10:08:03 2011 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from sqlalchemy import Boolean, Table, Column, BigInteger, \
-    Integer, String, MetaData, ForeignKey, DateTime
+from sqlalchemy import Boolean, Table, Column, BigInteger, Integer, String, \
+    MetaData, ForeignKey, DateTime, create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
-from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship, backref, sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship, backref
 import datetime
 import email.utils
 import simplejson
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 
 Base = declarative_base()
 
+APPLICATION_NAME = "IRI_TWITTER" 
 CONSUMER_KEY = "54ThDZhpEjokcMgHJOMnQA"
 CONSUMER_SECRET = "wUoL9UL2T87tfc97R0Dff2EaqRzpJ5XGdmaN2XK3udA"
-ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY= "47312923-LiNTtz0I18YXMVIrFeTuhmH7bOvYsK6p3Ln2Dc"
-ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = "r3LoXVcjImNAElUpWqTu2SG2xCdWFHkva7xeQoncA"
+#ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY= "47312923-LiNTtz0I18YXMVIrFeTuhmH7bOvYsK6p3Ln2Dc"
+#ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = "r3LoXVcjImNAElUpWqTu2SG2xCdWFHkva7xeQoncA"
 
 def adapt_date(date_str):
     ts = email.utils.parsedate_tz(date_str)
@@ -179,6 +180,22 @@
         for key, value in kwargs.items():
             if hasattr(self,key):
                 setattr(self,key,value)
+                
+                
+def setup_database(*args, **kwargs):
+        
+    create_all = True        
+    if "create_all" in kwargs:
+        create_all = kwargs["create_all"]
+        del(kwargs["create_all"])
+
+    engine = create_engine(*args, **kwargs)
+    metadata = Base.metadata
+            
+    if create_all:
+        metadata.create_all(engine)
+
+    return (engine, metadata)
 
 rest_tweet_tweet = {
     u'iso_language_code': 'unicode',