trying to connect to heroku db

app/models/fruit.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 class Fruit
+    if(ENV['DATABASE_URL'])
+        uri = URI.parse(ENV['DATABASE_URL'])
+        DB = PG.connect(uri.hostname, uri.port, nil, nil, uri.path[1..-1], uri.user, uri.password)
+    else
         DB = PG.connect(host: "localhost", port: 5432, dbname: 'simplerails')
+    end
     
     def initialize(opts = {})
         @id = opts["id"].to_i