11 files changed, 576 insertions, 369 deletions
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/db_tools.php b/phpBB/includes/db/db_tools.php
index f63ff18cbe..a4bf40fcd7 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/db_tools.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/db_tools.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2007 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 * Currently not supported is returning SQL for creating tables.
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @note currently not used within phpBB3, but may be utilized later.
 */
 class phpbb_db_tools
 {
@@ -302,7 +300,7 @@ class phpbb_db_tools
 	/**
 	* Constructor. Set DB Object and set {@link $return_statements return_statements}.
 	*
-	* @param phpbb_dbal	$db					DBAL object
+	* @param phpbb_db_driver	$db					Database connection
 	* @param bool		$return_statements	True if only statements should be returned and no SQL being executed
 	*/
 	function phpbb_db_tools(&$db, $return_statements = false)
@@ -1504,7 +1502,7 @@ class phpbb_db_tools
 			$column_type = $this->dbms_type_map[$this->sql_layer][$column_data[0]];
 		}
 
-		// Adjust default value if db-dependant specified
+		// Adjust default value if db-dependent specified
 		if (is_array($column_data[1]))
 		{
 			$column_data[1] = (isset($column_data[1][$this->sql_layer])) ? $column_data[1][$this->sql_layer] : $column_data[1]['default'];
@@ -2473,5 +2471,3 @@ class phpbb_db_tools
 		return $this->_sql_run_sql($statements);
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/driver.php
index 5d456c2ff0..8dda94bc2c 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/driver.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 * Database Abstraction Layer
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $db_connect_id;
 	var $query_result;
@@ -73,17 +72,17 @@ class dbal
 	/**
 	* Constructor
 	*/
-	function dbal()
+	function __construct()
 	{
 		$this->num_queries = array(
-			'cached'		=> 0,
-			'normal'		=> 0,
-			'total'			=> 0,
+			'cached'	=> 0,
+			'normal'	=> 0,
+			'total'		=> 0,
 		);
 
 		// Fill default sql layer based on the class being called.
 		// This can be changed by the specified layer itself later if needed.
-		$this->sql_layer = substr(get_class($this), 5);
+		$this->sql_layer = substr(get_class($this), strlen('phpbb_db_driver_'));
 
 		// Do not change this please! This variable is used to easy the use of it - and is hardcoded.
 		$this->any_char = chr(0) . '%';
@@ -195,6 +194,49 @@ class dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* Seek to given row number
+	* rownum is zero-based
+	*/
+	function sql_rowseek($rownum, &$query_id)
+	{
+		global $cache;
+
+		if ($query_id === false)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
+		{
+			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
+		}
+
+		if ($query_id === false)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$this->sql_freeresult($query_id);
+		$query_id = $this->sql_query($this->last_query_text);
+
+		if ($query_id === false)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// We do not fetch the row for rownum == 0 because then the next resultset would be the second row
+		for ($i = 0; $i < $rownum; $i++)
+		{
+			if (!$this->sql_fetchrow($query_id))
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Fetch field
 	* if rownum is false, the current row is used, else it is pointing to the row (zero-based)
 	*/
@@ -214,7 +256,7 @@ class dbal
 				$this->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 			}
 
-			if (!is_object($query_id) && isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+			if ($cache && !is_object($query_id) && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 			{
 				return $cache->sql_fetchfield($query_id, $field);
 			}
@@ -242,6 +284,37 @@ class dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* Build a case expression
+	*
+	* Note: The two statements action_true and action_false must have the same data type (int, vchar, ...) in the database!
+	*
+	* @param	string	$condition		The condition which must be true, to use action_true rather then action_else
+	* @param	string	$action_true	SQL expression that is used, if the condition is true
+	* @param	string	$action_else	SQL expression that is used, if the condition is false, optional
+	* @return	string			CASE expression including the condition and statements
+	*/
+	public function sql_case($condition, $action_true, $action_false = false)
+	{
+		$sql_case = 'CASE WHEN ' . $condition;
+		$sql_case .= ' THEN ' . $action_true;
+		$sql_case .= ($action_false !== false) ? ' ELSE ' . $action_false : '';
+		$sql_case .= ' END';
+		return $sql_case;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Build a concatenated expression
+	*
+	* @param	string	$expr1		Base SQL expression where we append the second one
+	* @param	string	$expr2		SQL expression that is appended to the first expression
+	* @return	string		Concatenated string
+	*/
+	public function sql_concatenate($expr1, $expr2)
+	{
+		return $expr1 . ' || ' . $expr2;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Returns whether results of a query need to be buffered to run a transaction while iterating over them.
 	*
 	* @return bool Whether buffering is required.
@@ -458,6 +531,40 @@ class dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* Returns SQL string to cast a string expression to an int.
+	*
+	* @param  string $expression An expression evaluating to string
+	* @return string             Expression returning an int
+	*/
+	function cast_expr_to_bigint($expression)
+	{
+		return $expression;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Returns SQL string to cast an integer expression to a string.
+	*
+	* @param  string $expression An expression evaluating to int
+	* @return string             Expression returning a string
+	*/
+	function cast_expr_to_string($expression)
+	{
+		return $expression;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Run LOWER() on DB column of type text (i.e. neither varchar nor char).
+	*
+	* @param string $column_name	The column name to use
+	*
+	* @return string				A SQL statement like "LOWER($column_name)"
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER($column_name)";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Run more than one insert statement.
 	*
 	* @param string $table table name to run the statements on
@@ -659,8 +766,8 @@ class dbal
 
 			// Show complete SQL error and path to administrators only
 			// Additionally show complete error on installation or if extended debug mode is enabled
-			// The DEBUG_EXTRA constant is for development only!
-			if ((isset($auth) && $auth->acl_get('a_')) || defined('IN_INSTALL') || defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			// The DEBUG constant is for development only!
+			if ((isset($auth) && $auth->acl_get('a_')) || defined('IN_INSTALL') || defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$message .= ($sql) ? '<br /><br />SQL<br /><br />' . htmlspecialchars($sql) : '';
 			}
@@ -715,9 +822,10 @@ class dbal
 	*/
 	function sql_report($mode, $query = '')
 	{
-		global $cache, $starttime, $phpbb_root_path, $user;
+		global $cache, $starttime, $phpbb_root_path, $phpbb_admin_path, $user;
+		global $request;
 
-		if (empty($_REQUEST['explain']))
+		if (is_object($request) && !$request->variable('explain', false))
 		{
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -739,14 +847,12 @@ class dbal
 				$mtime = explode(' ', microtime());
 				$totaltime = $mtime[0] + $mtime[1] - $starttime;
 
-				echo '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
-					<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr">
+				echo '<!DOCTYPE html>
+					<html dir="ltr">
 					<head>
-						<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
-						<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
-						<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
+						<meta charset="utf-8">
 						<title>SQL Report</title>
-						<link href="' . $phpbb_root_path . 'adm/style/admin.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
+						<link href="' . htmlspecialchars($phpbb_admin_path) . 'style/admin.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
 					</head>
 					<body id="errorpage">
 					<div id="wrap">
@@ -936,10 +1042,3 @@ class dbal
 		return $rows_total;
 	}
 }
-
-/**
-* This variable holds the class name to use later
-*/
-$sql_db = (!empty($dbms)) ? 'dbal_' . basename($dbms) : 'dbal';
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/firebird.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/firebird.php
index 7e3f15ed1d..787c28b812 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/firebird.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/firebird.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,14 +15,12 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
 * Firebird/Interbase Database Abstraction Layer
 * Minimum Requirement is Firebird 2.1
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_firebird extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_firebird extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $last_query_text = '';
 	var $service_handle = false;
@@ -151,13 +148,13 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
 			$this->last_query_text = $query;
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -252,7 +249,7 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 					$this->sql_error($query);
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
@@ -270,17 +267,17 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 					}
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -333,7 +330,7 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -360,49 +357,6 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
-	* Seek to given row number
-	* rownum is zero-based
-	*/
-	function sql_rowseek($rownum, &$query_id)
-	{
-		global $cache;
-
-		if ($query_id === false)
-		{
-			$query_id = $this->query_result;
-		}
-
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
-		{
-			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
-		}
-
-		if ($query_id === false)
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-
-		$this->sql_freeresult($query_id);
-		$query_id = $this->sql_query($this->last_query_text);
-
-		if ($query_id === false)
-		{
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// We do not fetch the row for rownum == 0 because then the next resultset would be the second row
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $rownum; $i++)
-		{
-			if (!$this->sql_fetchrow($query_id))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/**
 	* Get last inserted id after insert statement
 	*/
 	function sql_nextid()
@@ -442,7 +396,7 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -493,6 +447,23 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* @inheritdoc
+	*/
+	function cast_expr_to_bigint($expression)
+	{
+		// Precision must be from 1 to 18
+		return 'CAST(' . $expression . ' as DECIMAL(18, 0))';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* @inheritdoc
+	*/
+	function cast_expr_to_string($expression)
+	{
+		return 'CAST(' . $expression . ' as VARCHAR(255))';
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* return sql error array
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -565,5 +536,3 @@ class dbal_firebird extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mssql.php
index 6899a73902..89c2c2351b 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mssql.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,20 +15,26 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
 * MSSQL Database Abstraction Layer
 * Minimum Requirement is MSSQL 2000+
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_mssql extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_mssql extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
+	var $connect_error = '';
+
 	/**
 	* Connect to server
 	*/
 	function sql_connect($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database, $port = false, $persistency = false, $new_link = false)
 	{
+		if (!function_exists('mssql_connect'))
+		{
+			$this->connect_error = 'mssql_connect function does not exist, is mssql extension installed?';
+			return $this->sql_error('');
+		}
+
 		$this->persistency = $persistency;
 		$this->user = $sqluser;
 		$this->dbname = $database;
@@ -41,14 +46,7 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 		@ini_set('mssql.textlimit', 2147483647);
 		@ini_set('mssql.textsize', 2147483647);
 
-		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.1.0', '>=') || (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0-dev', '<=') && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '4.4.1', '>=')))
-		{
-			$this->db_connect_id = ($this->persistency) ? @mssql_pconnect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword, $new_link) : @mssql_connect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword, $new_link);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$this->db_connect_id = ($this->persistency) ? @mssql_pconnect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword) : @mssql_connect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword);
-		}
+		$this->db_connect_id = ($this->persistency) ? @mssql_pconnect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword, $new_link) : @mssql_connect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword, $new_link);
 
 		if ($this->db_connect_id && $this->dbname != '')
 		{
@@ -100,6 +98,14 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	public function sql_concatenate($expr1, $expr2)
+	{
+		return $expr1 . ' + ' . $expr2;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* SQL Transaction
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -139,12 +145,12 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -154,22 +160,22 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 					$this->sql_error($query);
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -234,7 +240,7 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -271,7 +277,7 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 		}
@@ -310,7 +316,7 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -333,6 +339,14 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER(SUBSTRING($column_name, 1, DATALENGTH($column_name)))";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -347,34 +361,44 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 	*/
 	function _sql_error()
 	{
-		$error = array(
-			'message'	=> @mssql_get_last_message(),
-			'code'		=> ''
-		);
-
-		// Get error code number
-		$result_id = @mssql_query('SELECT @@ERROR as code', $this->db_connect_id);
-		if ($result_id)
+		if (function_exists('mssql_get_last_message'))
 		{
-			$row = @mssql_fetch_assoc($result_id);
-			$error['code'] = $row['code'];
-			@mssql_free_result($result_id);
-		}
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> @mssql_get_last_message(),
+				'code'		=> '',
+			);
 
-		// Get full error message if possible
-		$sql = 'SELECT CAST(description as varchar(255)) as message
-			FROM master.dbo.sysmessages
-			WHERE error = ' . $error['code'];
-		$result_id = @mssql_query($sql);
-		
-		if ($result_id)
-		{
-			$row = @mssql_fetch_assoc($result_id);
-			if (!empty($row['message']))
+			// Get error code number
+			$result_id = @mssql_query('SELECT @@ERROR as code', $this->db_connect_id);
+			if ($result_id)
 			{
-				$error['message'] .= '<br />' . $row['message'];
+				$row = @mssql_fetch_assoc($result_id);
+				$error['code'] = $row['code'];
+				@mssql_free_result($result_id);
+			}
+
+			// Get full error message if possible
+			$sql = 'SELECT CAST(description as varchar(255)) as message
+				FROM master.dbo.sysmessages
+				WHERE error = ' . $error['code'];
+			$result_id = @mssql_query($sql);
+
+			if ($result_id)
+			{
+				$row = @mssql_fetch_assoc($result_id);
+				if (!empty($row['message']))
+				{
+					$error['message'] .= '<br />' . $row['message'];
+				}
+				@mssql_free_result($result_id);
 			}
-			@mssql_free_result($result_id);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $this->connect_error,
+				'code'		=> '',
+			);
 		}
 
 		return $error;
@@ -446,5 +470,3 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mssql_odbc.php
index 75a080b1b7..f7834443eb 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mssql_odbc.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
 * Unified ODBC functions
 * Unified ODBC functions support any database having ODBC driver, for example Adabas D, IBM DB2, iODBC, Solid, Sybase SQL Anywhere...
@@ -29,9 +26,10 @@ include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
 *
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_mssql_odbc extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $last_query_text = '';
+	var $connect_error = '';
 
 	/**
 	* Connect to server
@@ -68,7 +66,24 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 			@ini_set('odbc.defaultlrl', $max_size);
 		}
 
-		$this->db_connect_id = ($this->persistency) ? @odbc_pconnect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword) : @odbc_connect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword);
+		if ($this->persistency)
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('odbc_pconnect'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'odbc_pconnect function does not exist, is odbc extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @odbc_pconnect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('odbc_connect'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'odbc_connect function does not exist, is odbc extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @odbc_connect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword);
+		}
 
 		return ($this->db_connect_id) ? $this->db_connect_id : $this->sql_error('');
 	}
@@ -111,6 +126,14 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	public function sql_concatenate($expr1, $expr2)
+	{
+		return $expr1 . ' + ' . $expr2;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* SQL Transaction
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -150,13 +173,13 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
 			$this->last_query_text = $query;
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -166,22 +189,22 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 					$this->sql_error($query);
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -247,7 +270,7 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -256,49 +279,6 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
-	* Seek to given row number
-	* rownum is zero-based
-	*/
-	function sql_rowseek($rownum, &$query_id)
-	{
-		global $cache;
-
-		if ($query_id === false)
-		{
-			$query_id = $this->query_result;
-		}
-
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
-		{
-			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
-		}
-
-		if ($query_id === false)
-		{
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$this->sql_freeresult($query_id);
-		$query_id = $this->sql_query($this->last_query_text);
-
-		if ($query_id === false)
-		{
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// We do not fetch the row for rownum == 0 because then the next resultset would be the second row
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $rownum; $i++)
-		{
-			if (!$this->sql_fetchrow($query_id))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/**
 	* Get last inserted id after insert statement
 	*/
 	function sql_nextid()
@@ -331,7 +311,7 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -354,6 +334,14 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER(SUBSTRING($column_name, 1, DATALENGTH($column_name)))";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -377,10 +365,22 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 	*/
 	function _sql_error()
 	{
-		return array(
-			'message'	=> @odbc_errormsg(),
-			'code'		=> @odbc_error()
-		);
+		if (function_exists('odbc_errormsg'))
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> @odbc_errormsg(),
+				'code'		=> @odbc_error(),
+			);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $this->connect_error,
+				'code'		=> '',
+			);
+		}
+
+		return $error;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -423,5 +423,3 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mssqlnative.php
index 7fbc374e77..656cbd2437 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mssqlnative.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2010 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 * This is the MS SQL Server Native database abstraction layer.
 * PHP mssql native driver required.
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
  * Prior to version 1.1 the SQL Server Native PHP driver didn't support sqlsrv_num_rows, or cursor based seeking so we recall all rows into an array
  * and maintain our own cursor index into that array.
@@ -194,21 +191,23 @@ class result_mssqlnative
 /**
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_mssqlnative extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $m_insert_id = NULL;
 	var $last_query_text = '';
 	var $query_options = array();
+	var $connect_error = '';
 
 	/**
 	* Connect to server
 	*/
 	function sql_connect($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database, $port = false, $persistency = false, $new_link = false)
 	{
-		# Test for driver support, to avoid suppressed fatal error
+		// Test for driver support, to avoid suppressed fatal error
 		if (!function_exists('sqlsrv_connect'))
 		{
-			trigger_error('Native MS SQL Server driver for PHP is missing or needs to be updated. Version 1.1 or later is required to install phpBB3. You can download the driver from: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/PHP-Driver.aspx\n', E_USER_ERROR);
+			$this->connect_error = 'Native MS SQL Server driver for PHP is missing or needs to be updated. Version 1.1 or later is required to install phpBB3. You can download the driver from: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/PHP-Driver.aspx';
+			return $this->sql_error('');
 		}
 
 		//set up connection variables
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 		$this->server = $sqlserver . (($port) ? $port_delimiter . $port : '');
 
 		//connect to database
-		error_reporting(E_ALL);
 		$this->db_connect_id = sqlsrv_connect($this->server, array(
 			'Database' => $this->dbname,
 			'UID' => $this->user,
@@ -261,6 +259,14 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 	/**
 	* {@inheritDoc}
 	*/
+	public function sql_concatenate($expr1, $expr2)
+	{
+		return $expr1 . ' + ' . $expr2;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
 	function sql_buffer_nested_transactions()
 	{
 		return true;
@@ -305,13 +311,13 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
 			$this->last_query_text = $query;
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -323,22 +329,22 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 				// reset options for next query
 				$this->query_options = array();
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -411,7 +417,7 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -436,25 +442,7 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 				unset($row['line2'], $row['line3']);
 			}
 		}
-		return $row;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	* Seek to given row number
-	* rownum is zero-based
-	*/
-	function sql_rowseek($rownum, &$query_id)
-	{
-		global $cache;
-
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
-		{
-			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
-		}
-
-		$seek = new result_mssqlnative($query_id);
-		$row = $seek->seek($rownum);
-		return ($row = $seek->fetch()) ? $row : false;
+		return (sizeof($row)) ? $row : false;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -489,7 +477,7 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -511,6 +499,14 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER(SUBSTRING($column_name, 1, DATALENGTH($column_name)))";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -525,31 +521,43 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 	*/
 	function _sql_error()
 	{
-		$errors = @sqlsrv_errors(SQLSRV_ERR_ERRORS);
-		$error_message = '';
-		$code = 0;
-
-		if ($errors != null)
+		if (function_exists('sqlsrv_errors'))
 		{
-			foreach ($errors as $error)
+			$errors = @sqlsrv_errors(SQLSRV_ERR_ERRORS);
+			$error_message = '';
+			$code = 0;
+
+			if ($errors != null)
+			{
+				foreach ($errors as $error)
+				{
+					$error_message .= "SQLSTATE: " . $error[ 'SQLSTATE'] . "\n";
+					$error_message .= "code: " . $error[ 'code'] . "\n";
+					$code = $error['code'];
+					$error_message .= "message: " . $error[ 'message'] . "\n";
+				}
+				$this->last_error_result = $error_message;
+				$error = $this->last_error_result;
+			}
+			else
 			{
-				$error_message .= "SQLSTATE: ".$error[ 'SQLSTATE']."\n";
-				$error_message .= "code: ".$error[ 'code']."\n";
-				$code = $error['code'];
-				$error_message .= "message: ".$error[ 'message']."\n";
+				$error = (isset($this->last_error_result) && $this->last_error_result) ? $this->last_error_result : array();
 			}
-			$this->last_error_result = $error_message;
-			$error = $this->last_error_result;
+
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $error,
+				'code'		=> $code,
+			);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$error = (isset($this->last_error_result) && $this->last_error_result) ? $this->last_error_result : array();
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $this->connect_error,
+				'code'		=> '',
+			);
 		}
 
-		return array(
-			'message'	=> $error,
-			'code'		=> $code,
-		);
+		return $error;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -645,5 +653,3 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 		$this->query_options = $options;
 	}
 }
-
-?>
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mysql.php
index 1ccb785150..9de7283a42 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mysql.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
 * MySQL4 Database Abstraction Layer
 * Compatible with:
@@ -27,9 +24,10 @@ include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
 * MySQL 5.0+
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_mysql extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_mysql extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $multi_insert = true;
+	var $connect_error = '';
 
 	/**
 	* Connect to server
@@ -44,7 +42,24 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 
 		$this->sql_layer = 'mysql4';
 
-		$this->db_connect_id = ($this->persistency) ? @mysql_pconnect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword) : @mysql_connect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword, $new_link);
+		if ($this->persistency)
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('mysql_pconnect'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'mysql_pconnect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @mysql_pconnect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('mysql_connect'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @mysql_connect($this->server, $this->user, $sqlpassword, $new_link);
+		}
 
 		if ($this->db_connect_id && $this->dbname != '')
 		{
@@ -121,6 +136,14 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	public function sql_concatenate($expr1, $expr2)
+	{
+		return 'CONCAT(' . $expr1 . ', ' . $expr2 . ')';
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* SQL Transaction
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -160,12 +183,12 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -175,22 +198,22 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 					$this->sql_error($query);
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -242,7 +265,7 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -263,7 +286,7 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 		}
@@ -291,7 +314,7 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -419,18 +442,29 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 	*/
 	function _sql_error()
 	{
-		if (!$this->db_connect_id)
+		if ($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> @mysql_error($this->db_connect_id),
+				'code'		=> @mysql_errno($this->db_connect_id),
+			);
+		}
+		else if (function_exists('mysql_error'))
 		{
-			return array(
+			$error = array(
 				'message'	=> @mysql_error(),
-				'code'		=> @mysql_errno()
+				'code'		=> @mysql_errno(),
+			);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $this->connect_error,
+				'code'		=> '',
 			);
 		}
 
-		return array(
-			'message'	=> @mysql_error($this->db_connect_id),
-			'code'		=> @mysql_errno($this->db_connect_id)
-		);
+		return $error;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -558,5 +592,3 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mysqli.php
index a311b8cda6..7448bf1670 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/mysqli.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,23 +15,28 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
 * MySQLi Database Abstraction Layer
 * mysqli-extension has to be compiled with:
 * MySQL 4.1+ or MySQL 5.0+
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_mysqli extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $multi_insert = true;
+	var $connect_error = '';
 
 	/**
 	* Connect to server
 	*/
 	function sql_connect($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database, $port = false, $persistency = false , $new_link = false)
 	{
+		if (!function_exists('mysqli_connect'))
+		{
+			$this->connect_error = 'mysqli_connect function does not exist, is mysqli extension installed?';
+			return $this->sql_error('');
+		}
+
 		// Mysqli extension supports persistent connection since PHP 5.3.0
 		$this->persistency = (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '>=')) ? $persistency : false;
 		$this->user = $sqluser;
@@ -124,6 +128,14 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	public function sql_concatenate($expr1, $expr2)
+	{
+		return 'CONCAT(' . $expr1 . ', ' . $expr2 . ')';
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* SQL Transaction
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -167,12 +179,12 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -182,17 +194,17 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 					$this->sql_error($query);
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -244,7 +256,7 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (!is_object($query_id) && isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && !is_object($query_id) && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -271,7 +283,7 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (!is_object($query_id) && isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && !is_object($query_id) && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 		}
@@ -299,7 +311,7 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (!is_object($query_id) && isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && !is_object($query_id) && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -416,18 +428,29 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 	*/
 	function _sql_error()
 	{
-		if (!$this->db_connect_id)
+		if ($this->db_connect_id)
 		{
-			return array(
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> @mysqli_error($this->db_connect_id),
+				'code'		=> @mysqli_errno($this->db_connect_id)
+			);
+		}
+		else if (function_exists('mysqli_connect_error'))
+		{
+			$error = array(
 				'message'	=> @mysqli_connect_error(),
-				'code'		=> @mysqli_connect_errno()
+				'code'		=> @mysqli_connect_errno(),
+			);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $this->connect_error,
+				'code'		=> '',
 			);
 		}
 
-		return array(
-			'message'	=> @mysqli_error($this->db_connect_id),
-			'code'		=> @mysqli_errno($this->db_connect_id)
-		);
+		return $error;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -559,5 +582,3 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/oracle.php
index 62b36aa8bf..e21e07055d 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/oracle.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,15 +15,14 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
 * Oracle Database Abstraction Layer
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_oracle extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_oracle extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $last_query_text = '';
+	var $connect_error = '';
 
 	/**
 	* Connect to server
@@ -48,7 +46,33 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 			$connect = $sqlserver . (($port) ? ':' . $port : '') . '/' . $database;
 		}
 
-		$this->db_connect_id = ($new_link) ? @ocinlogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $connect, 'UTF8') : (($this->persistency) ? @ociplogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $connect, 'UTF8') : @ocilogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $connect, 'UTF8'));
+		if ($new_link)
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('ocinlogon'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'ocinlogon function does not exist, is oci extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @ocinlogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $connect, 'UTF8');
+		}
+		else if ($this->persistency)
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('ociplogon'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'ociplogon function does not exist, is oci extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @ociplogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $connect, 'UTF8');
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('ocilogon'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'ocilogon function does not exist, is oci extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @ocilogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $connect, 'UTF8');
+		}
 
 		return ($this->db_connect_id) ? $this->db_connect_id : $this->sql_error('');
 	}
@@ -237,13 +261,13 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
 			$this->last_query_text = $query;
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -414,22 +438,22 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -474,7 +498,7 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -526,7 +550,7 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 		}
@@ -595,7 +619,7 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -647,17 +671,27 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 	*/
 	function _sql_error()
 	{
-		$error = @ocierror();
-		$error = (!$error) ? @ocierror($this->query_result) : $error;
-		$error = (!$error) ? @ocierror($this->db_connect_id) : $error;
-
-		if ($error)
+		if (function_exists('ocierror'))
 		{
-			$this->last_error_result = $error;
+			$error = @ocierror();
+			$error = (!$error) ? @ocierror($this->query_result) : $error;
+			$error = (!$error) ? @ocierror($this->db_connect_id) : $error;
+
+			if ($error)
+			{
+				$this->last_error_result = $error;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$error = (isset($this->last_error_result) && $this->last_error_result) ? $this->last_error_result : array();
+			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$error = (isset($this->last_error_result) && $this->last_error_result) ? $this->last_error_result : array();
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $this->connect_error,
+				'code'		=> '',
+			);
 		}
 
 		return $error;
@@ -767,5 +801,3 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/postgres.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/postgres.php
index bb116e0763..14854d179d 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/postgres.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/postgres.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,19 +15,12 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
-if (!class_exists('phpbb_error_collector'))
-{
-	include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/error_collector.' . $phpEx);
-}
-
 /**
 * PostgreSQL Database Abstraction Layer
 * Minimum Requirement is Version 7.3+
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_postgres extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_postgres extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
 	var $last_query_text = '';
 	var $connect_error = '';
@@ -195,13 +187,13 @@ class dbal_postgres extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
 			$this->last_query_text = $query;
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -211,22 +203,22 @@ class dbal_postgres extends dbal
 					$this->sql_error($query);
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -286,7 +278,7 @@ class dbal_postgres extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -307,7 +299,7 @@ class dbal_postgres extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 		}
@@ -356,7 +348,7 @@ class dbal_postgres extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -389,6 +381,22 @@ class dbal_postgres extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* @inheritdoc
+	*/
+	function cast_expr_to_bigint($expression)
+	{
+		return 'CAST(' . $expression . ' as DECIMAL(255, 0))';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* @inheritdoc
+	*/
+	function cast_expr_to_string($expression)
+	{
+		return 'CAST(' . $expression . ' as VARCHAR(255))';
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* return sql error array
 	* @access private
 	*/
@@ -481,5 +489,3 @@ class dbal_postgres extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/sqlite.php b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/sqlite.php
index 8de72fd394..7188f0daa2 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/sqlite.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/driver/sqlite.php
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 /**
 *
 * @package dbal
-* @version $Id$
 * @copyright (c) 2005 phpBB Group
-* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
 *
 */
 
@@ -16,15 +15,15 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 	exit;
 }
 
-include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/db/dbal.' . $phpEx);
-
 /**
 * Sqlite Database Abstraction Layer
 * Minimum Requirement: 2.8.2+
 * @package dbal
 */
-class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
+class phpbb_db_driver_sqlite extends phpbb_db_driver
 {
+	var $connect_error = '';
+
 	/**
 	* Connect to server
 	*/
@@ -36,7 +35,24 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 		$this->dbname = $database;
 
 		$error = '';
-		$this->db_connect_id = ($this->persistency) ? @sqlite_popen($this->server, 0666, $error) : @sqlite_open($this->server, 0666, $error);
+		if ($this->persistency)
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('sqlite_popen'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'sqlite_popen function does not exist, is sqlite extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @sqlite_popen($this->server, 0666, $error);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (!function_exists('sqlite_open'))
+			{
+				$this->connect_error = 'sqlite_open function does not exist, is sqlite extension installed?';
+				return $this->sql_error('');
+			}
+			$this->db_connect_id = @sqlite_open($this->server, 0666, $error);
+		}
 
 		if ($this->db_connect_id)
 		{
@@ -113,12 +129,12 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 			global $cache;
 
 			// EXPLAIN only in extra debug mode
-			if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('start', $query);
 			}
 
-			$this->query_result = ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_load')) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
+			$this->query_result = ($cache && $cache_ttl) ? $cache->sql_load($query) : false;
 			$this->sql_add_num_queries($this->query_result);
 
 			if ($this->query_result === false)
@@ -128,22 +144,22 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 					$this->sql_error($query);
 				}
 
-				if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+				if (defined('DEBUG'))
 				{
 					$this->sql_report('stop', $query);
 				}
 
-				if ($cache_ttl && method_exists($cache, 'sql_save'))
+				if ($cache && $cache_ttl)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
-					$cache->sql_save($query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
+					$this->query_result = $cache->sql_save($this, $query, $this->query_result, $cache_ttl);
 				}
 				else if (strpos($query, 'SELECT') === 0 && $this->query_result)
 				{
 					$this->open_queries[(int) $this->query_result] = $this->query_result;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (defined('DEBUG_EXTRA'))
+			else if (defined('DEBUG'))
 			{
 				$this->sql_report('fromcache', $query);
 			}
@@ -194,7 +210,7 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_fetchrow($query_id);
 		}
@@ -215,7 +231,7 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 		}
@@ -243,7 +259,7 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 			$query_id = $this->query_result;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
+		if ($cache && $cache->sql_exists($query_id))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_freeresult($query_id);
 		}
@@ -281,10 +297,22 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 	*/
 	function _sql_error()
 	{
-		return array(
-			'message'	=> @sqlite_error_string(@sqlite_last_error($this->db_connect_id)),
-			'code'		=> @sqlite_last_error($this->db_connect_id)
-		);
+		if (function_exists('sqlite_error_string'))
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> @sqlite_error_string(@sqlite_last_error($this->db_connect_id)),
+				'code'		=> @sqlite_last_error($this->db_connect_id),
+			);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$error = array(
+				'message'	=> $this->connect_error,
+				'code'		=> '',
+			);
+		}
+
+		return $error;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -335,5 +363,3 @@ class dbal_sqlite extends dbal
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file