This based on Database.rb, 0.0.5.  As a quick summary:  initialize @remote_to_local_map in initialize() and replace
"class.to_s ==" with "kind_of?".

Regards,

Dan

--- Database.orig	Fri May  7 07:15:16 2004
+++ Database.rb	Fri May  7 07:22:04 2004
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 
 		@objects = {}
 		@changed = []    
+      @remote_to_local_map = {}
 		set_autocommit
 	end
 	
@@ -171,21 +172,21 @@
 	#
 	# Note that select'd currently operates outside of the local rollback cache.
 	def select(table, sql=nil)
-		table = table.to_s if table.class.to_s == 'Symbol'
+		table = table.to_s if table.kind_of?(Symbol)
+      raise TypeError unless table.kind_of?(String)
+
 		results = []
-		if table.class.to_s == 'String'
-			if @remote_to_local_map.has_key?(table)
-				table = self.class.const_get @remote_to_local_map[table]
-			elsif KSDatabase.partial_to_complete_map.has_key?(table)
-				table = self.class.const_get KSDatabase.partial_to_complete_map[table]
-			else
-				table = nil
-			end
+		if @remote_to_local_map.has_key?(table)
+			table = self.class.const_get @remote_to_local_map[table]
+		elsif KSDatabase.partial_to_complete_map.has_key?(table)
+			table = self.class.const_get KSDatabase.partial_to_complete_map[table]
+		else
+			table = nil
 		end
 		
 		# Todo: Make this exception clearer.	
 
-		unless table.class == Class
+		unless table.kind_of?(Class)
 			raise KSBadTable
 		end
 
@@ -379,7 +380,6 @@
 		table.const_set('Database', self)
 		table.all_fields
 		
-  		@remote_to_local_map = {} unless @remote_to_local_map
 		@remote_to_local_map[remote_name] = local_name
 		KSDatabase.partial_to_complete_map[old_local_name] = local_name
 		addTable(local_name, table)