@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@

 struct my_con* db_mysql_new_connection(const struct db_id* id)

 {

 	struct my_con* ptr;

-	char *host, *grp;

+	char *host, *grp, *egrp;

 	unsigned int connection_flag = 0;

 	if (!id) {

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct my_con* db_mysql_new_connection(const struct db_id* id)

 		return 0;

 	}

+	egrp = 0;

 	memset(ptr, 0, sizeof(struct my_con));

 	ptr->ref = 1;

@@ -68,9 +69,10 @@ struct my_con* db_mysql_new_connection(const struct db_id* id)

 	mysql_init(ptr->con);

-	if (id->host[0] == '[' && (host = strchr(id->host, ']')) != NULL) {

+	if (id->host[0] == '[' && (egrp = strchr(id->host, ']')) != NULL) {

 		grp = id->host + 1;

-		*host = '\0';

+		*egrp = '\0';

+		host = egrp;

 		if (host != id->host + strlen(id->host)-1) {

 			host += 1; // host found after closing bracket

 		}

@@ -129,11 +131,13 @@ struct my_con* db_mysql_new_connection(const struct db_id* id)

 	ptr->timestamp = time(0);

 	ptr->id = (struct db_id*)id;

+	if(egrp) *egrp = ']';

 	return ptr;

  err:

 	if (ptr && ptr->con) pkg_free(ptr->con);

 	if (ptr) pkg_free(ptr);

+	if(egrp) *egrp = ']';

 	return 0;

 }