Index: trunk/psModules/src/config/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/config/Makefile.am	(revision 11396)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/config/Makefile.am	(revision 11450)
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
     pmConfigRecipes.c \
     pmConfigCamera.c \
+    pmConfigCommand.c \
     pmVersion.c \
     pmErrorCodes.c
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@
     pmConfigRecipes.h \
     pmConfigCamera.h \
+    pmConfigCommand.h \
     pmVersion.h \
     pmErrorCodes.h
Index: trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfigCommand.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfigCommand.c	(revision 11450)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfigCommand.c	(revision 11450)
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <pslib.h>
+
+#include "pmConfigCommand.h"
+
+bool pmConfigDatabaseCommand(psString *command, const pmConfig *config)
+{
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(command, false);
+
+    bool mdok;                          // Status of MD lookup
+    const char *dbserver = psMetadataLookupStr(&mdok, config->site, "DBSERVER"); // Database server
+    if (!mdok || strlen(dbserver) == 0) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, true, "Unable to find DBSERVER in site configuration.\n");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    const char *dbname = psMetadataLookupStr(&mdok, config->site, "DBNAME"); // Database name
+    if (!mdok || strlen(dbname) == 0) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, true, "Unable to find DBNAME in site configuration.\n");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    const char *dbuser = psMetadataLookupStr(&mdok, config->site, "DBUSER"); // Database user
+    if (!mdok || strlen(dbuser) == 0) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, true, "Unable to find DBUSER in site configuration.\n");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    const char *dbpassword = psMetadataLookupStr(&mdok, config->site, "DBPASSWORD"); // Database password
+    if (!mdok || strlen(dbpassword) == 0) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, true, "Unable to find DBPASSWORD in site configuration.\n");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    psStringAppend(command, " -dbserver %s -dbname %s -dbuser %s -dbpassword %s",
+                   dbserver, dbname, dbuser, dbpassword);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+bool pmConfigTraceCommand(psString *command)
+{
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(command, false);
+
+    psMetadata *levels = psTraceLevels(); // Metadata levels
+    psMetadataIterator *iter = psMetadataIteratorAlloc(levels, PS_LIST_HEAD, NULL); // Iterator for levels
+    psMetadataItem *item;               // Item from iteration
+    while ((item = psMetadataGetAndIncrement(iter))) {
+        assert(item->type == PS_TYPE_S32);
+        psStringAppend(command, " -trace %s %d", item->name, item->data.S32);
+    }
+    psFree(iter);
+    psFree(levels);
+
+    return true;
+}
Index: trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfigCommand.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfigCommand.h	(revision 11450)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfigCommand.h	(revision 11450)
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef PM_CONFIG_COMMAND_H
+#define PM_CONFIG_COMMAND_H
+
+#include <pslib.h>
+#include "pmConfig.h"
+
+/// Extend a command-line to include the necessary database flags
+///
+/// The command-line is extended with -dbserver, -dbname, -dbuser, -dbpassword
+bool pmConfigDatabaseCommand(psString *command, ///< Command to extend
+                             const pmConfig *config ///< Configuration
+                            );
+
+/// Extend a command-line to propagate the trace flags
+///
+/// The command-line is extended with -trace
+bool pmConfigTraceCommand(psString *command ///< Command to extend
+                         );
+
+
+#endif