--- a/log_search.py	Sat Feb 14 19:23:25 2009 +0200
+++ b/log_search.py	Sat Feb 14 20:09:08 2009 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@
 
     pass
 
+class SearchIndexError (LogSearchError) :
+    """
+        Error manipulating the index
+    """
+
+    def __init__ (self, msg, db) :
+        """
+            Build the error from the given message + HyperEstraier.Database
+        """
+
+        super(SearchIndexError, self).__init__("%s: %s" % (msg, db.err_msg(db.error())))
+
 class NoResultsFound (LogSearchError) :
     """
         No results found
@@ -98,7 +110,15 @@
         
         # open
         if not self.db.open(path, flags) :
-            raise Exception("Index open failed: %s, mode=%s, flags=%#06x: %s" % (path, mode, flags, self.db.err_msg(self.db.error())))
+            raise SearchIndexError("Index open failed: %s, mode=%s, flags=%#06x" % (path, mode, flags), self.db)
+    
+    def close (self) :
+        """
+            Explicitly close the index, this is done automatically on del
+        """
+
+        if not self.db.close() :
+            raise SearchIndexError("Index close failed", self.db)
 
     def insert (self, channel, lines) :
         """
@@ -119,8 +139,6 @@
         # return
         return count
 
-
-
     def insert_line (self, channel, line) :
         """
             Adds a single LogLine for the given LogChannel to the index
@@ -183,7 +201,7 @@
 
         # put, "clean up dispensable regions of the overwritten document"
         if not self.db.put_doc(doc, hype.Database.PDCLEAN) :
-            raise Exeception("Index put_doc failed")
+            raise SearchIndexError("put_doc", self.db)
             
     def search_cond (self, cond) :
         """
@@ -336,19 +354,13 @@
             skip        = skip
         )
 
-# global read-only index
-_index = None
-
 def get_index () :
     """
         Returns the default read-only index, suitable for searching
     """
     
-    global _index
-    
-    # open?
-    if not _index :
-        _index = LogSearchIndex(config.LOG_CHANNELS, config.SEARCH_INDEX_PATH, 'r')
+    # XXX: no caching, just open it every time
+    _index = LogSearchIndex(config.LOG_CHANNELS, config.SEARCH_INDEX_PATH, 'r')
 
     # return
     return _index