--- a/src/ltpdarepo/database.py	Mon Jun 27 15:52:18 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/ltpdarepo/database.py	Mon Jun 27 16:15:57 2011 +0200
@@ -22,22 +22,25 @@
     __slots__ = ('id', 'name', 'description')
     
     def __init__(self, id='', name='', description=''):
-        self.id = None
-        self.name = None
-        self.description = None
+        self.id = id
+        self.name = name
+        self.description = description
 
-    def load(self, id):
+    @staticmethod
+    def load(id):
         curs = g.db.cursor(DictCursor)
         curs.execute("""SELECT db_name AS id, name, description
                         FROM available_dbs WHERE db_name=%s""", id)
         db = curs.fetchone()
         if db is None:
             return None
-        self.update(db)
-        return self
+        obj = Database()
+        obj.update(db)
+        return obj
 
-    def update(self, vals):
-        for key, value in vals.iteritems():
+    def update(self, vals=None, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.update(vals or {})
+        for key, value in kwargs.iteritems():
             setattr(self, key, value)
 
     def create(self):