# File lib/scraperwiki.rb, line 120
  def get_var(name, default=nil, _verbose=2)
    result = sqlite_magic_connection.execute("select value_blob, type from swvariables where name=?", [name])
    return default if result.empty?
    result_val = result.first['value_blob']
    case result.first['type']
    when 'Fixnum'
      result_val.to_i
    when 'Float'
      result_val.to_f
    when 'NilClass'
      nil
    when 'Array','Hash'
      JSON.parse(result_val)
    else
      result_val
    end
  rescue SqliteMagic::NoSuchTable
    return default
  end