spork:~/Projects/FeedToolsTest noodl$ c
Loading development environment.
>> ActiveRecord::Base.find_by_sql('SELECT 1')
=> [#<ActiveRecord::Base:0x25f6e54 @attributes={"1"=>"1"}>]
>> ActiveRecord::Base.connected?
=> true
>>
[1]+  Stopped                 script/console
spork:~/Projects/FeedToolsTest noodl$ sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM restart
Restarting MySQL database server
spork:~/Projects/FeedToolsTest noodl$ fg
script/console

?> ActiveRecord::Base.find_by_sql('SELECT 1')
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Mysql::Error: MySQL server has gone away: SELECT 1
        from /Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsSept2006.locobundle/i386/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:120:in `log'
        from /Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsSept2006.locobundle/i386/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:184:in `execute'
        from /Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsSept2006.locobundle/i386/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:336:in `select'
        from /Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsSept2006.locobundle/i386/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:175:in `select_all'
        from /Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsSept2006.locobundle/i386/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/base.rb:390:in `find_by_sql'
        from (irb):4
>> ActiveRecord::Base.connected?
=> true
>> ActiveRecord::Base.clear_active_connections!
=> {}
>> ActiveRecord::Base.connected?
=> false
>> ActiveRecord::Base.find_by_sql('SELECT 1')
=> [#<ActiveRecord::Base:0x258f4c0 @attributes={"1"=>"1"}>]
>>