public function activateOptions() {
		try {
			$this->establishConnection();
		} catch (PDOException $e) {
			$this->warn("Failed connecting to database. Closing appender. Error: " . $e->getMessage());
			$this->close();
			return;
		}

		// Parse the insert patterns; pattern parts are comma delimited
		$pieces = explode(',', $this->insertPattern);
		$converterMap = LoggerLayoutPattern::getDefaultConverterMap();
		foreach($pieces as $pattern) {
			$parser = new LoggerPatternParser($pattern, $converterMap);
			$this->converters[] = $parser->parse(); 
		}
		
		$this->closed = false;
	}