? .buildpath
? .project
? .settings
? database.inc-close-db-test.patch
? sites/default/files
? sites/default/settings.php
Index: .htaccess
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/.htaccess,v
retrieving revision 1.103
diff -u -p -r1.103 .htaccess
--- .htaccess	21 Jun 2009 10:48:06 -0000	1.103
+++ .htaccess	3 Aug 2009 23:45:26 -0000
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
 # Force simple error message for requests for non-existent favicon.ico.
 <Files favicon.ico>
   # There is no end quote below, for compatibility with Apache 1.3.
-  ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file favicon.ico was not found.
+  ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file favicon.ico was not found."
 </Files>
 
 # Set the default handler.
Index: includes/database/database.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/database/database.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.69
diff -u -p -r1.69 database.inc
--- includes/database/database.inc	30 Jul 2009 10:16:48 -0000	1.69
+++ includes/database/database.inc	3 Aug 2009 23:45:27 -0000
@@ -1364,6 +1364,29 @@ abstract class Database {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Closes a connection to the server specified by the given key and target.
+   *
+   * @param $target
+   *   The database target name.  Defaults to NULL meaning that all target
+   *   connections will be closed.
+   * @param $key
+   *   The database connection key. Defaults to NULL which means the active key.
+   */
+  public static function closeConnection($target = NULL, $key = NULL) {
+    // Gets the active conection by default.
+    if (!isset($key)) {
+      $key = self::$activeKey;
+    }
+    // To close the connection, we need to unset the static variable.
+    if (isset($target)) {
+      unset(self::$connections[$key][$target]);
+    }
+    else {
+      unset(self::$connections[$key]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Instruct the system to temporarily ignore a given key/target.
    *
    * At times we need to temporarily disable slave queries. To do so,
@@ -2072,6 +2095,20 @@ function db_driver() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Closes the active database connection.
+ *
+ * @param $options
+ *   An array of options to control which connection is closed.  Only the
+ *   target key has any meaning in this case.
+ */
+function db_close(array $options = array()) {
+  if (!isset($options['options']) || empty($options['target'])) {
+    $options['target'] = NULL;
+  }
+  Database::closeConnection($options['target']);
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "defgroup database".
  */
 
Index: modules/simpletest/tests/database_test.test
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/simpletest/tests/database_test.test,v
retrieving revision 1.62
diff -u -p -r1.62 database_test.test
--- modules/simpletest/tests/database_test.test	21 Jul 2009 01:56:36 -0000	1.62
+++ modules/simpletest/tests/database_test.test	3 Aug 2009 23:45:28 -0000
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ class DatabaseConnectionTestCase extends
     // Try to open that unknown target another time, that should return the same object.
     $db3b = Database::getConnection($unknown_target, 'default');
     $this->assertIdentical($db3, $db3b, t('A second call to getConnection() returns the same object.'));
+
+    // Try to close the the default connection and open a new one
+    Database::closeConnection('default', 'default');
+    $db4 = Database::getConnection('default', 'default');
+
+    // This probably will not work
+    $this->assertNotIdentical($db1, $db4, t('Opening the default connection after it is closed returns a new object.'));
   }
 
   /**