diff -r 8e2eaa6b3733 -r 60256056bda6 server/serverctl.py
--- a/server/serverctl.py	Tue Dec 22 19:27:51 2009 +0100
+++ b/server/serverctl.py	Wed Dec 23 12:20:10 2009 +0100
@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@
             password = source['db-password']
         else:
             password = getpass('password: ')
+    extra_args = source.get('db-extra-arguments')
+    extra = extra_args and {'extra_args': extra_args} or {}
     return get_connection(driver, dbhost, dbname, user, password=password,
-                          port=source.get('db-port'))
+                          port=source.get('db-port'),
+                          **extra)
 
 def system_source_cnx(source, dbms_system_base=False,
                       special_privs='CREATE/DROP DATABASE', verbose=True):
@@ -281,11 +284,16 @@
         automatic = self.get('automatic')
         appid = pop_arg(args, msg='No instance specified !')
         config = ServerConfiguration.config_for(appid)
-        create_db = self.config.create_db
         source = config.sources()['system']
+        dbname = source['db-name']
         driver = source['db-driver']
+        create_db = self.config.create_db
         helper = get_adv_func_helper(driver)
-        if create_db:
+        if driver == 'sqlite':
+            if os.path.exists(dbname) and automatic or \
+                   ASK.confirm('Database %s already exists -- do you want to drop it ?' % dbname):
+                os.unlink(dbname)
+        elif create_db:
             print '\n'+underline_title('Creating the system database')
             # connect on the dbms system base to create our base
             dbcnx = _db_sys_cnx(source, 'CREATE DATABASE and / or USER', verbose=verbose)
@@ -297,7 +305,6 @@
                            ASK.confirm('Create db user %s ?' % user, default_is_yes=False)):
                         helper.create_user(source['db-user'], source['db-password'])
                         print '-> user %s created.' % user
-                dbname = source['db-name']
                 if dbname in helper.list_databases(cursor):
                     if automatic or ASK.confirm('Database %s already exists -- do you want to drop it ?' % dbname):
                         cursor.execute('DROP DATABASE %s' % dbname)
@@ -310,7 +317,7 @@
                     helper.create_database(cursor, dbname,
                                            encoding=source['db-encoding'])
                 dbcnx.commit()
-                print '-> database %s created.' % source['db-name']
+                print '-> database %s created.' % dbname
             except:
                 dbcnx.rollback()
                 raise
@@ -364,10 +371,13 @@
         config = ServerConfiguration.config_for(appid)
         try:
             system = config.sources()['system']
+            extra_args=system.get('db-extra-arguments')
+            extra = extra_args and {'extra_args': extra_args} or {}
             get_connection(
                 system['db-driver'], database=system['db-name'],
                 host=system.get('db-host'), port=system.get('db-port'),
-                user=system.get('db-user'), password=system.get('db-password'))
+                user=system.get('db-user'), password=system.get('db-password'), 
+                **extra)
         except Exception, ex:
             raise ConfigurationError(
                 'You seem to have provided wrong connection information in '\