diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
index b6545d741d..b4a9191c1a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
         {
             // TODO: This will let you pass in the connect string in
             // the config, though someone will need to write that.
-            Initialise();
+            if (connect == String.Empty) {
+                // This is old seperate config file
+                Initialise();
+            } else {
+                _dbConnection = new MySQLManager(connect);
+                TestTables();
+            }
         }
 
         override public void Initialise()
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLManager.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLManager.cs
index 1e7038fae9..d522b783f0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLManager.cs
@@ -64,11 +64,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
         /// <param name="cpooling">Whether to use connection pooling or not, can be one of the following: 'yes', 'true', 'no' or 'false', if unsure use 'false'.</param>
         public MySQLManager(string hostname, string database, string username, string password, string cpooling,
                             string port)
+        {
+            string s = "Server=" + hostname + ";Port=" + port + ";Database=" + database + ";User ID=" +
+                username + ";Password=" + password + ";Pooling=" + cpooling + ";";
+
+            Initialise(s);
+        }
+
+        public MySQLManager(String connect)
+        {
+            Initialise(connect);
+        }
+
+        public void Initialise(String connect)
         {
             try
             {
-                connectionString = "Server=" + hostname + ";Port=" + port + ";Database=" + database + ";User ID=" +
-                                   username + ";Password=" + password + ";Pooling=" + cpooling + ";";
+                connectionString = connect;
                 dbcon = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
 
                 try