Index: branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/application.php
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diff -u -N -r14599 -r14609
--- branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/application.php	(.../application.php)	(revision 14599)
+++ branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/application.php	(.../application.php)	(revision 14609)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: application.php 14599 2011-09-29 19:58:55Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: application.php 14609 2011-10-03 13:05:08Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2009 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -302,9 +302,10 @@
 		$this->Factory = new kFactory();
 		$this->registerDefaultClasses();
 
-		$this->Conn =& $this->Factory->makeClass('kDBConnection', Array (SQL_TYPE, Array (&$this, 'handleSQLError')));
-		$this->Conn->debugMode = $this->isDebugMode();
-		$this->Conn->Connect(SQL_SERVER, SQL_USER, SQL_PASS, SQL_DB);
+		$vars = kUtil::parseConfig(true);
+		$db_class = isset($vars['Databases']) ? 'kDBLoadBalancer' : 'kDBConnection';
+		$this->Conn =& $this->Factory->makeClass($db_class, Array (SQL_TYPE, Array (&$this, 'handleSQLError')));
+		$this->Conn->setup($vars);
 
 		$this->cacheManager =& $this->makeClass('kCacheManager');
 		$this->cacheManager->InitCache();
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@
 
 		$language =& $this->recallObject('lang.current', null, Array ('live_table' => true));
 		/* @var $language LanguagesItem */
-		
+
 		if ( preg_match('/utf-8/', $language->GetDBField('Charset')) ) {
 			setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF-8');
 			mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
@@ -729,6 +730,7 @@
 
 		// database
 		$this->registerClass('kDBConnection', KERNEL_PATH . '/db/db_connection.php');
+		$this->registerClass('kDBLoadBalancer', KERNEL_PATH . '/db/db_load_balancer.php');
 		$this->registerClass('kDBItem', KERNEL_PATH . '/db/dbitem.php');
 		$this->registerClass('kCatDBItem', KERNEL_PATH . '/db/cat_dbitem.php', null, 'kDBItem');
 		$this->registerClass('kDBList', KERNEL_PATH . '/db/dblist.php');
@@ -1207,7 +1209,7 @@
 	{
 		$session =& $this->recallObject('Session');
 		/* @var $session Session */
-		
+
 		$session->Destroy();
 	}
 
@@ -1682,7 +1684,7 @@
 	{
 		return $this->cacheManager->SetConfigValue($name, $value);
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Allows to process any type of event
 	 *