Index: wp-db.php
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--- wp-db.php	(revision 18596)
+++ wp-db.php	(working copy)
@@ -452,6 +452,42 @@
 	var $dbuser;
 
 	/**
+	 * Database Password
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.2.x
+	 * @access private
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	var $dbpassword;
+
+	/**
+	 * Database Name
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.2.x
+	 * @access private
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	var $dbname;
+
+	/**
+	 * Database Host
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.2.x
+	 * @access private
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	var $dbhost;
+
+	/**
+	 * Database Handle
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.2.x
+	 * @access private
+	 * @var resource
+	 */
+	var $dbh;
+
+	/**
 	 * A textual description of the last query/get_row/get_var call
 	 *
 	 * @since 3.0.0
@@ -1042,6 +1078,16 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Gets database connection handle
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.2.x
+	 * @return mixed resource|null
+	 */
+	function get_db_connect() {
+		return $this->dbh;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Perform a MySQL database query, using current database connection.
 	 *
 	 * More information can be found on the codex page.