function changePassword($newPassword) {
            $db = Loader::db();
            if ($this->uID) {
                $v = array(User::encryptPassword($newPassword), $this->uID);
                $q = "update Users set uPassword = ? where uID = ?";
                $r = $db->prepare($q);
                $res = $db->execute($r, $v);
                Events::fire('on_user_change_password', $this, $newPassword);
                return $res;
            }
        }

        public function db($server = null, $username = null, $password = null, $database = null, $create = false) {
            static $_db;
            if (!isset($_db) || $create) {
                if ($server == null && defined('DB_SERVER')) {
                    $dsn = DB_TYPE . '://' . DB_USERNAME . ':' . rawurlencode(DB_PASSWORD) . '@' . rawurlencode(DB_SERVER) . '/' . DB_DATABASE;
                } else if ($server) {
                    $dsn = DB_TYPE . '://' . $username . ':' . rawurlencode($password) . '@' . rawurlencode($server) . '/' . $database;
                }

                if (isset($dsn) && $dsn) {
                    $_dba = @NewADOConnection($dsn);
                    if (is_object($_dba)) {
                        $_dba->setFetchMode(ADODB_FETCH_ASSOC);
                        if (DB_CHARSET != '') {
                            $names = 'SET NAMES \'' . DB_CHARSET . '\'';
                            if (DB_COLLATE != '') {
                                $names .= ' COLLATE \'' . DB_COLLATE . '\'';
                            }
                            $charset = 'SET CHARACTER SET \'' . DB_CHARSET . '\'';
                            if (DB_COLLATE != '') {
                                $charset .= ' COLLATE \'' . DB_COLLATE . '\'';
                            }
                            $_dba->Execute($names);
                            $_dba->Execute($charset);
                        }

                        ADOdb_Active_Record::SetDatabaseAdapter($_dba);
                        $_db = new Database();
                        $_db->setDatabaseObject($_dba);
                        //$_db->setLogging(true);
                    } else if (defined('DB_SERVER')) {
                        $v = View::getInstance();
                        $v->renderError(t('Unable to connect to database.'), t('A database error occurred while processing this request.'));
                    }
                } else {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            return $_db;
        }