diff --git a/dibi/dibi.php b/dibi/dibi.php
index a119cc99..9ef7f665 100644
--- a/dibi/dibi.php
+++ b/dibi/dibi.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * @license   GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 2
  * @package   dibi
  * @category  Database
- * @version   0.7h (Revision: $WCREV$, Date: $WCDATE$)
+ * @version   0.8 (Revision: $WCREV$, Date: $WCDATE$)
  */
 
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 
 
-define('DIBI', '0.7h (Revision: $WCREV$, Date: $WCDATE$)');
+define('DIBI', '0.8 (Revision: $WCREV$, Date: $WCDATE$)');
 
 
 if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION , '5.0.3', '<'))
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ class dibi
                 throw new DibiException("Unable to create instance of dibi driver class '$className'.");
         }
 
-
         // create connection object and store in list
         /** like $conn = $className::connect($config); */
-        self::$conn = self::$registry[$name] = call_user_func(array($className, 'connect'), $config);
+        self::$conn = self::$registry[$name] = new $className($config);
+
 
         if (dibi::$logAll) dibi::log("OK: connected to DB '$config[driver]'");
     }
diff --git a/dibi/drivers/mysql.php b/dibi/drivers/mysql.php
index b6fc0ebc..ebfb9cf1 100644
--- a/dibi/drivers/mysql.php
+++ b/dibi/drivers/mysql.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ if (!defined('DIBI')) die();
 class DibiMySqlDriver extends DibiDriver
 {
     private
-        $conn,
         $insertId = FALSE,
         $affectedRows = FALSE;
 
@@ -35,10 +34,10 @@ class DibiMySqlDriver extends DibiDriver
 
 
     /**
-     * Driver factory
-     * @throw DibiException
+     * @param array  connect configuration
+     * @throw  DibiException
      */
-    public static function connect($config)
+    public function __construct($config)
     {
         if (!extension_loaded('mysql'))
             throw new DibiException("PHP extension 'mysql' is not loaded");
@@ -57,6 +56,15 @@ class DibiMySqlDriver extends DibiDriver
         else
             $host = $config['host'] . (empty($config['port']) ? '' : ':'.$config['port']);
 
+        parent::__construct($config);
+    }
+
+
+
+    protected function connect()
+    {
+        $config = $this->config;
+
         // some errors aren't handled. Must use $php_errormsg
         if (function_exists('ini_set'))
             $save = ini_set('track_errors', TRUE);
@@ -92,25 +100,24 @@ class DibiMySqlDriver extends DibiDriver
                 ));
         }
 
-
-        $obj = new self($config);
-        $obj->conn = $conn;
-        return $obj;
+        return $conn;
     }
 
 
 
+
     public function nativeQuery($sql)
     {
         $this->insertId = $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
-        $res = @mysql_query($sql, $this->conn);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $res = @mysql_query($sql, $conn);
 
         if ($res === FALSE) return FALSE;
 
-        $this->affectedRows = mysql_affected_rows($this->conn);
+        $this->affectedRows = mysql_affected_rows($conn);
         if ($this->affectedRows < 0) $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
-        $this->insertId = mysql_insert_id($this->conn);
+        $this->insertId = mysql_insert_id($conn);
         if ($this->insertId < 1) $this->insertId = FALSE;
 
         if (is_resource($res))
@@ -134,36 +141,38 @@ class DibiMySqlDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function begin()
     {
-        return mysql_query('BEGIN', $this->conn);
+        return mysql_query('BEGIN', $this->getResource());
     }
 
 
     public function commit()
     {
-        return mysql_query('COMMIT', $this->conn);
+        return mysql_query('COMMIT', $this->getResource());
     }
 
 
     public function rollback()
     {
-        return mysql_query('ROLLBACK', $this->conn);
+        return mysql_query('ROLLBACK', $this->getResource());
     }
 
 
     public function errorInfo()
     {
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
         return array(
-            'message'  => mysql_error($this->conn),
-            'code'     => mysql_errno($this->conn),
+            'message'  => mysql_error($conn),
+            'code'     => mysql_errno($conn),
         );
     }
 
 
     public function escape($value, $appendQuotes=TRUE)
     {
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
         return $appendQuotes
-               ? "'" . mysql_real_escape_string($value, $this->conn) . "'"
-               : mysql_real_escape_string($value, $this->conn);
+               ? "'" . mysql_real_escape_string($value, $conn) . "'"
+               : mysql_real_escape_string($value, $conn);
     }
 
 
@@ -192,13 +201,6 @@ class DibiMySqlDriver extends DibiDriver
     }
 
 
-/* is this really needed?
-    public function getResource()
-    {
-        return $this->conn;
-    }
-*/
-
 }  // DibiMySqlDriver
 
 
diff --git a/dibi/drivers/mysqli.php b/dibi/drivers/mysqli.php
index 2ad41d03..75faa92c 100644
--- a/dibi/drivers/mysqli.php
+++ b/dibi/drivers/mysqli.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ if (!defined('DIBI')) die();
 class DibiMySqliDriver extends DibiDriver
 {
     private
-        $conn,
         $insertId = FALSE,
         $affectedRows = FALSE;
 
@@ -35,7 +34,11 @@ class DibiMySqliDriver extends DibiDriver
 
 
 
-    public static function connect($config)
+    /**
+     * @param array  connect configuration
+     * @throw  DibiException
+     */
+    public function __construct($config)
     {
         if (!extension_loaded('mysqli'))
             throw new DibiException("PHP extension 'mysqli' is not loaded");
@@ -50,6 +53,15 @@ class DibiMySqliDriver extends DibiDriver
         }
         if (!isset($config['database'])) $config['database'] = NULL;
 
+        parent::__construct($config);
+    }
+
+
+
+    protected function connect()
+    {
+        $config = $this->config;
+
         $conn = @mysqli_connect($config['host'], $config['username'], $config['password'], $config['database'], $config['port']);
 
         if (!$conn)
@@ -61,9 +73,7 @@ class DibiMySqliDriver extends DibiDriver
         if (!empty($config['charset']))
             mysqli_query($conn, "SET NAMES '" . $config['charset'] . "'");
 
-        $obj = new self($config);
-        $obj->conn = $conn;
-        return $obj;
+        return $conn;
     }
 
 
@@ -71,14 +81,15 @@ class DibiMySqliDriver extends DibiDriver
     public function nativeQuery($sql)
     {
         $this->insertId = $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
-        $res = @mysqli_query($this->conn, $sql);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $res = @mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
 
         if ($res === FALSE) return FALSE;
 
-        $this->affectedRows = mysqli_affected_rows($this->conn);
+        $this->affectedRows = mysqli_affected_rows($conn);
         if ($this->affectedRows < 0) $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
-        $this->insertId = mysqli_insert_id($this->conn);
+        $this->insertId = mysqli_insert_id($conn);
         if ($this->insertId < 1) $this->insertId = FALSE;
 
         if (is_object($res))
@@ -102,31 +113,34 @@ class DibiMySqliDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function begin()
     {
-        return mysqli_autocommit($this->conn, FALSE);
+        return mysqli_autocommit($this->getResource(), FALSE);
     }
 
 
     public function commit()
     {
-        $ok = mysqli_commit($this->conn);
-        mysqli_autocommit($this->conn, TRUE);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $ok = mysqli_commit($conn);
+        mysqli_autocommit($conn, TRUE);
         return $ok;
     }
 
 
     public function rollback()
     {
-        $ok = mysqli_rollback($this->conn);
-        mysqli_autocommit($this->conn, TRUE);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $ok = mysqli_rollback($conn);
+        mysqli_autocommit($conn, TRUE);
         return $ok;
     }
 
 
     public function errorInfo()
     {
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
         return array(
-            'message'  => mysqli_error($this->conn),
-            'code'     => mysqli_errno($this->conn),
+            'message'  => mysqli_error($conn),
+            'code'     => mysqli_errno($conn),
         );
     }
 
@@ -135,9 +149,10 @@ class DibiMySqliDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function escape($value, $appendQuotes=TRUE)
     {
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
         return $appendQuotes
-               ? "'" . mysqli_real_escape_string($this->conn, $value) . "'"
-               : mysqli_real_escape_string($this->conn, $value);
+               ? "'" . mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $value) . "'"
+               : mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $value);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/dibi/drivers/odbc.php b/dibi/drivers/odbc.php
index 342b682d..69e521f5 100644
--- a/dibi/drivers/odbc.php
+++ b/dibi/drivers/odbc.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ if (!defined('DIBI')) die();
 class DibiOdbcDriver extends DibiDriver
 {
     private
-        $conn,
         $affectedRows = FALSE;
 
     public
@@ -34,7 +33,11 @@ class DibiOdbcDriver extends DibiDriver
 
 
 
-    public static function connect($config)
+    /**
+     * @param array  connect configuration
+     * @throw  DibiException
+     */
+    public function __construct($config)
     {
         if (!extension_loaded('odbc'))
             throw new DibiException("PHP extension 'odbc' is not loaded");
@@ -53,6 +56,15 @@ class DibiOdbcDriver extends DibiDriver
         if (empty($config['database']))
             throw new DibiException("Database must be specified");
 
+        parent::__construct($config);
+    }
+
+
+
+    protected function connect()
+    {
+        $config = $this->config;
+
         if (empty($config['persistent']))
             $conn = @odbc_connect($config['database'], $config['username'], $config['password']);
         else
@@ -64,9 +76,7 @@ class DibiOdbcDriver extends DibiDriver
                 'code'    => odbc_error(),
             ));
 
-        $obj = new self($config);
-        $obj->conn = $conn;
-        return $obj;
+        return $conn;
     }
 
 
@@ -75,11 +85,12 @@ class DibiOdbcDriver extends DibiDriver
     {
         $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
-        $res = @odbc_exec($this->conn, $sql);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $res = @odbc_exec($conn, $sql);
 
         if ($res === FALSE) return FALSE;
 
-        $this->affectedRows = odbc_num_rows($this->conn);
+        $this->affectedRows = odbc_num_rows($conn);
         if ($this->affectedRows < 0) $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
         if (is_resource($res))
@@ -103,31 +114,34 @@ class DibiOdbcDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function begin()
     {
-        return odbc_autocommit($this->conn, FALSE);
+        return odbc_autocommit($this->getResource(), FALSE);
     }
 
 
     public function commit()
     {
-        $ok = odbc_commit($this->conn);
-        odbc_autocommit($this->conn, TRUE);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $ok = odbc_commit($conn);
+        odbc_autocommit($conn, TRUE);
         return $ok;
     }
 
 
     public function rollback()
     {
-        $ok = odbc_rollback($this->conn);
-        odbc_autocommit($this->conn, TRUE);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $ok = odbc_rollback($conn);
+        odbc_autocommit($conn, TRUE);
         return $ok;
     }
 
 
     public function errorInfo()
     {
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
         return array(
-            'message'  => odbc_errormsg($this->conn),
-            'code'     => odbc_error($this->conn),
+            'message'  => odbc_errormsg($conn),
+            'code'     => odbc_error($conn),
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/dibi/drivers/pdo.php b/dibi/drivers/pdo.php
index 2bfb08ff..d9eadc70 100644
--- a/dibi/drivers/pdo.php
+++ b/dibi/drivers/pdo.php
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ if (!defined('DIBI')) die();
  */
 class DibiPdoDriver extends DibiDriver
 {
-    /** @var PDO */
-    private $conn;
-
     private $affectedRows = FALSE;
 
     public
@@ -35,7 +32,11 @@ class DibiPdoDriver extends DibiDriver
 
 
 
-    public static function connect($config)
+    /**
+     * @param array  connect configuration
+     * @throw  DibiException
+     */
+    public function __construct($config)
     {
         if (!extension_loaded('pdo'))
             throw new DibiException("PHP extension 'pdo' is not loaded");
@@ -46,11 +47,15 @@ class DibiPdoDriver extends DibiDriver
         if (empty($config['username'])) $config['username'] = NULL;
         if (empty($config['password'])) $config['password'] = NULL;
 
-        $conn = new PDO($config['dsn'], $config['username'], $config['password']);
+        parent::__construct($config);
+    }
 
-        $obj = new self($config);
-        $obj->conn = $conn;
-        return $obj;
+
+
+    protected function connect()
+    {
+        $config = $this->config;
+        return new PDO($config['dsn'], $config['username'], $config['password']);
     }
 
 
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ class DibiPdoDriver extends DibiDriver
         $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
         // TODO: or exec() ?
-        $res = $this->conn->query($sql);
+        $res = $this->getResource()->query($sql);
 
         if ($res === FALSE) return FALSE;
 
@@ -79,31 +84,31 @@ class DibiPdoDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function insertId()
     {
-        return $this->conn->lastInsertId();
+        return $this->getResource()->lastInsertId();
     }
 
 
     public function begin()
     {
-        return $this->conn->beginTransaction();
+        return $this->getResource()->beginTransaction();
     }
 
 
     public function commit()
     {
-        return $this->conn->commit();
+        return $this->getResource()->commit();
     }
 
 
     public function rollback()
     {
-        return $this->conn->rollBack();
+        return $this->getResource()->rollBack();
     }
 
 
     public function errorInfo()
     {
-        $error = $this->conn->errorInfo();
+        $error = $this->getResource()->errorInfo();
         return array(
             'message'  => $error[2],
             'code'     => $error[1],
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ class DibiPdoDriver extends DibiDriver
             trigger_error('dibi: escaping without qoutes is not supported by PDO', E_USER_WARNING);
             return NULL;
         }
-        return $this->conn->quote($value);
+        return $this->getResource()->quote($value);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/dibi/drivers/postgre.php b/dibi/drivers/postgre.php
index fb1bdf30..b07ace60 100644
--- a/dibi/drivers/postgre.php
+++ b/dibi/drivers/postgre.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ if (!defined('DIBI')) die();
 class DibiPostgreDriver extends DibiDriver
 {
     private
-        $conn,
         $affectedRows = FALSE;
 
     public
@@ -34,7 +33,11 @@ class DibiPostgreDriver extends DibiDriver
 
 
 
-    public static function connect($config)
+    /**
+     * @param array  connect configuration
+     * @throw  DibiException
+     */
+    public function __construct($config)
     {
         if (!extension_loaded('pgsql'))
             throw new DibiException("PHP extension 'pgsql' is not loaded");
@@ -44,6 +47,15 @@ class DibiPostgreDriver extends DibiDriver
 
         if (empty($config['type'])) $config['type'] = NULL;
 
+        parent::__construct($config);
+    }
+
+
+
+    protected function connect()
+    {
+        $config = $this->config;
+
         if (isset($config['persistent']))
             $conn = @pg_connect($config['string'], $config['type']);
         else
@@ -58,10 +70,7 @@ class DibiPostgreDriver extends DibiDriver
             @pg_set_client_encoding($conn, $config['charset']);
             // don't handle this error...
         }
-
-        $obj = new self($config);
-        $obj->conn = $conn;
-        return $obj;
+        return $conn;
     }
 
 
@@ -70,11 +79,12 @@ class DibiPostgreDriver extends DibiDriver
     {
         $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
-        $res = @pg_query($this->conn, $sql);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $res = @pg_query($conn, $sql);
 
         if ($res === FALSE) return FALSE;
 
-        $this->affectedRows = pg_affected_rows($this->conn);
+        $this->affectedRows = pg_affected_rows($conn);
         if ($this->affectedRows < 0) $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
         if (is_resource($res))
@@ -98,26 +108,26 @@ class DibiPostgreDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function begin()
     {
-        return pg_query($this->conn, 'BEGIN');
+        return pg_query($this->getResource(), 'BEGIN');
     }
 
 
     public function commit()
     {
-        return pg_query($this->conn, 'COMMIT');
+        return pg_query($this->getResource(), 'COMMIT');
     }
 
 
     public function rollback()
     {
-        return pg_query($this->conn, 'ROLLBACK');
+        return pg_query($this->getResource(), 'ROLLBACK');
     }
 
 
     public function errorInfo()
     {
         return array(
-            'message'  => pg_last_error($this->conn),
+            'message'  => pg_last_error($this->getResource()),
             'code'     => NULL,
         );
     }
diff --git a/dibi/drivers/sqlite.php b/dibi/drivers/sqlite.php
index 4d62d672..37fd0f8d 100644
--- a/dibi/drivers/sqlite.php
+++ b/dibi/drivers/sqlite.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ if (!defined('DIBI')) die();
 class DibiSqliteDriver extends DibiDriver
 {
     private
-        $conn,
         $insertId = FALSE,
         $affectedRows = FALSE;
 
@@ -35,7 +34,11 @@ class DibiSqliteDriver extends DibiDriver
 
 
 
-    public static function connect($config)
+    /**
+     * @param array  connect configuration
+     * @throw  DibiException
+     */
+    public function __construct($config)
     {
         if (!extension_loaded('sqlite'))
             throw new DibiException("PHP extension 'sqlite' is not loaded");
@@ -46,6 +49,15 @@ class DibiSqliteDriver extends DibiDriver
         if (!isset($config['mode']))
             $config['mode'] = 0666;
 
+        parent::__construct($config);
+    }
+
+
+
+    protected function connect()
+    {
+        $config = $this->config;
+
         $errorMsg = '';
         if (empty($config['persistent']))
             $conn = @sqlite_open($config['database'], $config['mode'], $errorMsg);
@@ -57,9 +69,7 @@ class DibiSqliteDriver extends DibiDriver
                 'message' => $errorMsg,
             ));
 
-        $obj = new self($config);
-        $obj->conn = $conn;
-        return $obj;
+        return $conn;
     }
 
 
@@ -68,14 +78,15 @@ class DibiSqliteDriver extends DibiDriver
     {
         $this->insertId = $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
-        $res = @sqlite_query($this->conn, $sql, SQLITE_ASSOC);
+        $conn = $this->getResource();
+        $res = @sqlite_query($conn, $sql, SQLITE_ASSOC);
 
         if ($res === FALSE) return FALSE;
 
-        $this->affectedRows = sqlite_changes($this->conn);
+        $this->affectedRows = sqlite_changes($conn);
         if ($this->affectedRows < 0) $this->affectedRows = FALSE;
 
-        $this->insertId = sqlite_last_insert_rowid($this->conn);
+        $this->insertId = sqlite_last_insert_rowid($conn);
         if ($this->insertId < 1) $this->insertId = FALSE;
 
         if (is_resource($res))
@@ -99,25 +110,25 @@ class DibiSqliteDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function begin()
     {
-        return sqlite_query($this->conn, 'BEGIN');
+        return sqlite_query($this->getResource(), 'BEGIN');
     }
 
 
     public function commit()
     {
-        return sqlite_query($this->conn, 'COMMIT');
+        return sqlite_query($this->getResource(), 'COMMIT');
     }
 
 
     public function rollback()
     {
-        return sqlite_query($this->conn, 'ROLLBACK');
+        return sqlite_query($this->getResource(), 'ROLLBACK');
     }
 
 
     public function errorInfo()
     {
-        $code = sqlite_last_error($this->conn);
+        $code = sqlite_last_error($this->getResource());
         return array(
             'message'  => sqlite_error_string($code),
             'code'     => $code,
@@ -135,7 +146,7 @@ class DibiSqliteDriver extends DibiDriver
 
     public function delimite($value)
     {
-        return '[' . $value . ']';
+        return '[' . str_replace('.', '].[', $value) . ']';
     }
 
 
diff --git a/dibi/libs/driver.php b/dibi/libs/driver.php
index 695d1119..a62f1237 100644
--- a/dibi/libs/driver.php
+++ b/dibi/libs/driver.php
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ abstract class DibiDriver
      */
     protected $config;
 
+    /**
+     * Connection resource
+     * @var resource
+     */
+    private $res;
+
     /**
      * Describes how convert some datatypes to SQL command
      * @var array
@@ -39,31 +45,32 @@ abstract class DibiDriver
     );
 
 
+
     /**
-     * DibiDriver factory: creates object and connects to a database
-     *
-     * @param  array         connect configuration
-     * @return DibiDriver
+     * Creates object and (optionally) connects to a database
+     * @param array  connect configuration
      * @throw  DibiException
      */
-    /*abstract disallowed since PHP 5.2*/ static public function connect($config) {}
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Protected constructor. Must be initialized using the factory method.
-     * @see DibiDriver::connect()
-     * @param array  connect configuration
-     */
-    protected function __construct($config)
+    public function __construct($config)
     {
         $this->config = $config;
+        if (empty($config['lazy'])) $this->res = $this->connect();
     }
 
 
+
     /**
-     * Get the configuration descriptor used by connect() to connect to database.
-     * @see DibiDriver::connect()
+     * Connects to a database
+     * @throw  DibiException
+     * @return resource
+     */
+    abstract protected function connect();
+
+
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the configuration descriptor
+     * @see DibiDriver::__construct
      * @return array
      */
     public function getConfig()
@@ -73,6 +80,19 @@ abstract class DibiDriver
 
 
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the connection resource
+     * @return resource
+     */
+    public function getResource()
+    {
+        if (!$this->res) $this->res = $this->connect();
+
+        return $this->res;
+    }
+
+
+
     /**
      * Generates and executes SQL query
      *
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index f0db3cbf..19ed6bfc 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Dibi version 0.7h
+Dibi version 0.8
 
 Revision: $WCREV$
 Date: $WCDATE$