Rails - Aug 2006 - How to reconnect to the database?

I have a rails app that uses a background process. Every now and then, 
for a reason beyond me, it will say "Product id=7 not found". When the
product is in the DB. So What I''d like to do is catch that exception
and
then reconnect to the database. Hwo do I do this? I saw a reconnect! 
method, but I have no idea which object to run that on how how to 
actually use it.

Here is where I saw it:

http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/AbstractAdapter.html#M000753

Do I just do Product.reconnect!, ha ha. I know that''s not right, but
how
do I use that reconnect! method?

Thanks for your help.

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