Index: trunk/psLib/src/db/psDB.h
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--- trunk/psLib/src/db/psDB.h	(revision 9544)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/db/psDB.h	(revision 9990)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
  *  @author Joshua Hoblitt
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.29 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2006-10-13 22:26:14 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.30 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2006-11-15 01:34:42 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2005 Joshua Hoblitt, University of Hawaii
@@ -40,7 +40,23 @@
 /** Opens a new database connection
  *
- *  @return psDB*:      A new psDB object if the database connection is successful or NULL on
- *  failure.
- */
+ *  @return psDB*:      A new psDB object if the database connection is
+ *  successful or NULL on failure.
+ */
+psDB *psDBAlloc(
+    const char *host,                  ///< Database server hostname
+    const char *user,                  ///< Database username
+    const char *passwd,                ///< Database password
+    const char *dbname,                ///< Database namespace
+    unsigned int port                  ///< Database port number
+);
+
+/** Opens a new database connection
+ *
+ *  This function is deprecated favor of psDBAlloc()
+ *
+ *  @return psDB*:      A new psDB object if the database connection is
+ *  successful or NULL on failure.
+ */
+#ifdef DOXYGEN
 psDB *psDBInit(
     const char *host,                  ///< Database server hostname
@@ -50,9 +66,21 @@
     unsigned int port                  ///< Database port number
 );
-
-/** Closes a database connection  */
+#else // DOXYGEN
+#define psDBInit(host, user, passwd, dbname, port) \
+psDBAlloc(host, user, passwd, dbname, port)
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DOXYGEN
+/** Closes a database connection
+ *
+ *  This function is deprecated favor of psFree()
+ */
 void psDBCleanup(
     psDB *dbh                          ///< Database handle
 );
+#else // DOXYGEN
+#define psDBCleanup(dbh) \
+psFree(dbh)
+#endif
 
 /** Creates a new database namespace