From cca1ab69628bb4d4bcac02ccbaa85cb19bfc6944 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:59:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] #2483 DbError handling correction

svn: r11340
---
 src/Errors.py | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Errors.py b/src/Errors.py
index 139548138..fa84e2b6b 100644
--- a/src/Errors.py
+++ b/src/Errors.py
@@ -140,12 +140,13 @@ class ValidationError(Exception):
     pass
 
 class DbError(Exception):
-    """Error used to report that the request window is already displayed."""
+    """Error used to report BerkeleyDB errors"""
     def __init__(self, value):
         Exception.__init__(self)
-        if type(value) == tuple:
-            self.value = value[1]
-        else:
+        try:
+            (errnum, errmsg) = value
+            self.value = errmsg
+        except:
             self.value = value
 
     def __str__(self):