diff --git a/dbi/dbi/dbi.fec b/dbi/dbi/dbi.fec
index 609e137..2eb4ba9 100755
--- a/dbi/dbi/dbi.fec
+++ b/dbi/dbi/dbi.fec
@@ -88,6 +88,35 @@ class Dbi
 	 */
 	private string lastQuery;
 
+	/**
+	 * @function constructor
+	 * @declaration function constructor( string type, string username, string password,
+	 *		string hostname, string database )
+	 * @brief	Create a database connection.
+	 * @param	string type
+	 *		   The database driver to use. (e.g. sqlite/sqlite3)
+	 * @param	string database
+	 *		   The database to connect to. (filename)
+	 * @param	string dbdir
+	 *		   The directory path root to resolve database filename.
+	 * @param	int timeout
+	 *		   The sqlite3_timeout option to dbd-sqlite3 (in milliseconds)
+
+	 * @description The constructor will return a null object if the connection to the database fails.
+	 *			  You should check for this in your code.
+	 *			  
+	 */
+
+	native function constructor( string type, string database, string dbdir, number timeout )
+	{
+		self->odata = ferite_dbi_connect_sq3( script, type, database, dbdir, timeout );
+		if( self->odata == NULL )
+			FE_RETURN_NULL_OBJECT;
+		{
+			FeriteVariable *recordQueryMetrics = ferite_object_get_var( script, self, "recordQueryMetrics" );
+			VAB(recordQueryMetrics) = FE_FALSE;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @function constructor
@@ -193,6 +222,37 @@ class Dbi
 		FE_RETURN_VAR( obj );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @function connect
+	 * @static
+	 * @declaration function connect( string type, string username, string password,
+	 *		string hostname, number port, string database )
+	 * @brief	Static function. connect's a dbi object to a database.
+	 * @return   An object of the class dbi.
+	 * @param	string type
+	 *		   The database driver to use. (e.g. sqlite/sqlite3)
+	 * @param	string database
+	 *		   The database file to connect to.
+	 * @param	string dbdir
+	 *		   The directory root of databases in ("/tmp" is ok, instead
+	 *		   of "/tmp/")
+	 */
+
+	static native function connect( string type, string database, string dbdir,
+		number timeout )
+	{
+		DBIData *dbi = ferite_dbi_connect_sq3( script, type, database, dbdir, (int)timeout );
+		FeriteClass *cls = NULL;
+		FeriteVariable *obj = NULL;
+		
+		if( dbi == NULL )
+			FE_RETURN_NULL_OBJECT;
+		cls = ferite_find_class( script, script->mainns, "Dbi" );
+		obj = ferite_build_object( script, cls );
+		VAO(obj)->odata = dbi;
+		FE_RETURN_VAR( obj );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @function disconnect
 	 * @declaration function disconnect( )
diff --git a/dbi/dbi/utility.c b/dbi/dbi/utility.c
index ffaf298..a86b410 100755
--- a/dbi/dbi/utility.c
+++ b/dbi/dbi/utility.c
@@ -30,6 +30,40 @@
 #include "utility.h"
 
 
+DBIData *ferite_dbi_connect_sq3( FeriteScript *script, FeriteString *protocol,
+			     FeriteString *database, FeriteString *dbdir,
+			     int timeout )
+{
+
+    DBIData *dbi = fmalloc( sizeof( DBIData ) );
+    dbi->connected = 0;
+    dbi->conn = NULL;
+    dbi->version = dbi_version( );
+    dbi->result_list = NULL;
+    
+    if( ( dbi->conn = dbi_conn_new( protocol->data ) ) == NULL ) {
+		ferite_error(script, -1, "Failed to activate driver [%s] libdbi version: %s\n",
+					   protocol->data, dbi->version ); 
+					   ffree( dbi );
+					   return NULL;
+    }
+
+    dbi_conn_set_option( dbi->conn, "dbname", database->data );
+    dbi_conn_set_option( dbi->conn, "sqlite3_dbdir", dbdir->data );
+    
+    dbi_conn_set_option_numeric( dbi->conn, "sqlite3_timeout", timeout );
+
+    if ( dbi_conn_connect( dbi->conn ) != 0 ) {
+		const char *error_msg = NULL;
+		dbi_conn_error( dbi->conn, &error_msg );
+		ferite_error( script, 0, "Unable to connect to database: '%s'\n", error_msg );
+		ffree( dbi );
+		return NULL;
+    }
+    dbi->connected = 1;
+    return dbi;
+}
+
 DBIData *ferite_dbi_connect( FeriteScript *script, FeriteString *protocol,
 	                     FeriteString *username, FeriteString *password,
 	                     FeriteString *hostname, int port, 
diff --git a/dbi/dbi/utility.h b/dbi/dbi/utility.h
index 4b19db2..0d7a90d 100755
--- a/dbi/dbi/utility.h
+++ b/dbi/dbi/utility.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ struct llist
 	struct llist *next;
 };
 
+DBIData        *ferite_dbi_connect_sq3( FeriteScript *script, FeriteString *protocol, 
+	                     FeriteString *database, FeriteString *dbdir,
+			     int timeout );
 DBIData        *ferite_dbi_connect( FeriteScript *script, FeriteString *protocol, 
 	                     FeriteString *username, FeriteString *password, 
 	                     FeriteString *hostname, int port, FeriteString *database );