diff --git a/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/bin/test_db_connect.py b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/bin/test_db_connect.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ab93e5e2b97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/bin/test_db_connect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import ROOT
+import sys
+db_sid = 'CMS_OMDS_LB'
+db_usr = 'CMS_ECAL_LASER_COND'
+db_pwd = sys.argv[1]
+
+runMin = 309000
+runMax = 999999
+
+econn = ROOT.EcalCondDBInterface( db_sid, db_usr, db_pwd )
+my_locdef  = ROOT.LocationDef()
+my_locdef.setLocation("P5_Co")
+my_rundef  = ROOT.RunTypeDef()
+my_rundef.setRunType("PHYSICS")
+
+runtag = ROOT.RunTag()
+runtag.setLocationDef(my_locdef)
+runtag.setRunTypeDef(my_rundef)
+runtag.setGeneralTag("GLOBAL")
+runlist = econn.fetchNonEmptyGlobalRunList( runtag, runMin, runMax ).getRuns()
+runs =  [ runlist[i].getRunNumber() for i in range( runlist.size() ) ]
+print(runs)
diff --git a/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/interface/IODConfig.h b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/interface/IODConfig.h
index 51ff95039782b..65108c493488a 100644
--- a/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/interface/IODConfig.h
+++ b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/interface/IODConfig.h
@@ -115,11 +115,9 @@ class IODConfig : public IDBObject {
       inFile.close();
       std::cout << "we are here4" << std::endl;
       delete[] buffer;
-
     } catch (SQLException &e) {
       throw(std::runtime_error(std::string("populateClob():  ") + e.getMessage()));
     }
-
     std::cout << "Populating the Clob - Success" << std::endl;
   }
 
diff --git a/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/src/classes.h b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/src/classes.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..42c4dc9fcd797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/src/classes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/interface/EcalCondDBInterface.h"
+#include "OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/interface/RunTag.h"
+#include "OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/interface/RunIOV.h"
diff --git a/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/src/classes_def.xml b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/src/classes_def.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..009708dee5dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OnlineDB/EcalCondDB/src/classes_def.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<lcgdict>
+  <class name="RunIOV"/>
+  <class name="RunTag"/>
+  <class name="EcalCondDBInterface"/>
+</lcgdict>