Direct connection to secondary database not working
class SupportBase < ActiveRecord::Base

configurations = { :adapter => 'mysql',
  :encoding => 'utf8',
  :reconnect => 'true',
  :database => 'xxxxxx',
  :username => 'xxxxxx',
  :password => 'xxxxxx',
  :host => 'xxxxxx',
  :port => 'xxxxx'
}

self.abstract_class = true #important!

establish_connection configurations["deals_qa"]

set_table_name = 'members'

def self.get_test_name(id)
    if id == 0
        return ''
    else
       if SupportBase.connected?
        conn = SupportBase::connection
        query = "SELECT * FROM members where id = '#{id}'"
        #tst = connection.select_all(query)
        tst = conn.select_values(query)
        return tst[0].fetch('id')
       else
         return ''
       end
    end
end
end