-dbg("Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Dirk Koopman G1TLH");
-dbg("DXSpider Version $version, build $build started");
+my ($year) = (gmtime)[5];
+$year += 1900;
+dbg("Copyright (c) 1998-$year Dirk Koopman G1TLH");
+
+# try to load the database
+if ($dsn && -e "$root/perl/DXSql.pm") {
+ require DXSql;
+ import DXSql;
+
+ if (DXSql::init()) {
+ $dbh = DXSql->new($dsn);
+ $dbh = $dbh->connect($dsn, $dbuser, $dbpass) if $dbh;
+ }
+}