diff -r 74139325d305 -r 62851e21b71c src/org/sonews/util/DatabaseSetup.java
--- a/src/org/sonews/util/DatabaseSetup.java	Sun Aug 29 18:17:37 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/org/sonews/util/DatabaseSetup.java	Tue Sep 13 18:37:08 2011 +0200
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-
 package org.sonews.util;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
  * @author Christian Lins
  * @since sonews/0.5.0
  */
-public final class DatabaseSetup
-{
+public final class DatabaseSetup {
 
 	private static final Map<String, String> templateMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
 	private static final Map<String, StringTemplate> urlMap = new HashMap<String, StringTemplate>();
@@ -42,58 +41,79 @@
 	static {
 		templateMap.put("1", "helpers/database_mysql5_tmpl.sql");
 		templateMap.put("2", "helpers/database_postgresql8_tmpl.sql");
+		templateMap.put("3", "helpers/database_hsqldb_tmpl.sql");
 
 		urlMap.put("1", new StringTemplate("jdbc:mysql://%HOSTNAME/%DB"));
 		urlMap.put("2", new StringTemplate("jdbc:postgresql://%HOSTNAME/%DB"));
 
 		driverMap.put("1", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
 		driverMap.put("2", "org.postgresql.Driver");
+		driverMap.put("3", "org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args)
-		throws Exception
-	{
-		System.out.println("sonews Database setup helper");
-		System.out.println("This program will create a initial database table structure");
-		System.out.println("for the sonews Newsserver.");
-		System.out.println("You need to create a database and a db user manually before!");
+			throws Exception {
+		
+		loadJDBCDriver();
 
-		System.out.println("Select DBMS type:");
-		System.out.println("[1] MySQL 5.x or higher");
-		System.out.println("[2] PostgreSQL 8.x or higher");
-		System.out.print("Your choice: ");
+		if (args.length == 0) {
+			System.out.println("sonews Database setup helper");
+			System.out.println("This program will create a initial database table structure");
+			System.out.println("for the sonews Newsserver.");
+			System.out.println("You need to create a database and a db user manually before!");
 
-		BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
-		String dbmsType = in.readLine();
-		String tmplName = templateMap.get(dbmsType);
-		if (tmplName == null) {
-			System.err.println("Invalid choice. Try again you fool!");
-			main(args);
-			return;
+			System.out.println("Select DBMS type:");
+			System.out.println("[1] MySQL 5.x or higher");
+			System.out.println("[2] PostgreSQL 8.x or higher");
+			System.out.print("Your choice: ");
+
+			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+			String dbmsType = in.readLine();
+			String tmplName = templateMap.get(dbmsType);
+			if (tmplName == null) {
+				System.err.println("Invalid choice. Try again you fool!");
+				main(args);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			String tmpl = Resource.getAsString(tmplName, true);
+
+			System.out.print("Database server hostname (e.g. localhost): ");
+			String dbHostname = in.readLine();
+
+			System.out.print("Database name: ");
+			String dbName = in.readLine();
+
+			System.out.print("Give name of DB user that can create tables: ");
+			String dbUser = in.readLine();
+
+			System.out.print("Password: ");
+			String dbPassword = in.readLine();
+
+			String url = urlMap.get(dbmsType).set("HOSTNAME", dbHostname).set("DB", dbName).toString();
+			createTables(tmpl, url, dbUser, dbPassword);
+
+			// TODO: Create config file
+
+		} else if(args.length == 4) {
+			String tmplName = args[0];
+			String url = args[1];
+			String dbUser = args[2];
+			String dbPassword = args[3];
+
+			String tmpl = Resource.getAsString(tmplName, true);
+			createTables(tmpl, url, dbUser, dbPassword);
+		} else {
+			System.out.println("Wrong number of parameters!");
 		}
 
-		// Load JDBC Driver class
-		Class.forName(driverMap.get(dbmsType));
+		System.out.println("Ok");
+	}
 
-		String tmpl = Resource.getAsString(tmplName, true);
-
-		System.out.print("Database server hostname (e.g. localhost): ");
-		String dbHostname = in.readLine();
-
-		System.out.print("Database name: ");
-		String dbName = in.readLine();
-
-		System.out.print("Give name of DB user that can create tables: ");
-		String dbUser = in.readLine();
-
-		System.out.print("Password: ");
-		String dbPassword = in.readLine();
-
-		String url = urlMap.get(dbmsType).set("HOSTNAME", dbHostname).set("DB", dbName).toString();
-
+	public static void createTables(String tmpl, String url, String dbUser, String dbPassword)
+			throws SQLException {
 		Connection conn =
-			DriverManager.getConnection(url, dbUser, dbPassword);
-		conn.setAutoCommit(false);
+				DriverManager.getConnection(url, dbUser, dbPassword);
 
 		String[] tmplChunks = tmpl.split(";");
 
@@ -107,10 +127,16 @@
 		}
 
 		conn.commit();
-		conn.setAutoCommit(true);
+		conn.close();
+	}
 
-		// Create config file
-
-		System.out.println("Ok");
+	public static void loadJDBCDriver() {
+		for(String className : driverMap.values()) {
+			try {
+				Class.forName(className);
+			} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+				System.out.println("Could not load JDBC driver: " + className);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }