src $ python start.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "start.py", line 33, in <module>
    import root
  File "/Users/maky/src/ByDesign/mydeco_repository/search/searchserver/src/root.py", line 15, in <module>
    import search
  File "/Users/maky/src/ByDesign/mydeco_repository/search/searchserver/src/search.py", line 20, in <module>
    from modifiers import get_result_modifiers, get_query_modifiers
  File "/Users/maky/src/ByDesign/mydeco_repository/search/searchserver/src/modifiers.py", line 161, in <module>
    _CLASSIFICATION = _load_classification()
  File "/Users/maky/src/ByDesign/mydeco_repository/search/searchserver/src/modifiers.py", line 159, in _load_classification
    classification = _load_metadata('classifications')
  File "/Users/maky/src/ByDesign/mydeco_repository/search/searchserver/src/modifiers.py", line 13, in _load_metadata
    'metadataindex'))
  File "/Users/maky/src/ByDesign/mydeco_repository/search/xappy/xappy/searchconnection.py", line 704, in __init__
    self._index = _log(_xapian.Database, indexpath)
  File "/Users/maky/src/ByDesign/mydeco_repository/search/xappy/xappy/replaylog.py", line 413, in log
    return call(*args)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xapian.py", line 3080, in __init__
    _xapian.Database_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_Database(*args))
xapian.DatabaseOpeningError: Couldn't detect type of database