diff --git a/pg4wp/driver_pgsql.php b/pg4wp/driver_pgsql.php
index 24860b3..c16c2ee 100644
--- a/pg4wp/driver_pgsql.php
+++ b/pg4wp/driver_pgsql.php
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 	$GLOBALS['pg4wp_numrows'] = '10';
 	$GLOBALS['pg4wp_ins_table'] = '';
 	$GLOBALS['pg4wp_ins_field'] = '';
-	$GLOBALS['pg4wp_user'] = $GLOBALS['pg4wp_password'] = $GLOBALS['pg4wp_server'] = '';
+	$GLOBALS['pg4wp_connstr'] = '';
+	$GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn'] = false;
 	
 	function wpsql_num_rows($result)
 		{ return pg_num_rows($result); }
@@ -47,39 +48,50 @@
 	function wpsql_data_seek($result, $offset)
 		{ return pg_result_seek ( $result, $offset ); }
 	function wpsql_error()
-		{ if( $GLOBALS['pg4wp_user'] == '') return pg_last_error(); else return ''; }
+		{ if( $GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn']) return pg_last_error(); else return ''; }
 	function wpsql_fetch_assoc($result) { return pg_fetch_assoc($result); }
 	function wpsql_escape_string($s) { return pg_escape_string($s); }
 	function wpsql_get_server_info() { return '5.0.30'; } // Just want to fool wordpress ...
 	function wpsql_result($result, $i, $fieldname)
 		{ return pg_fetch_result($result, $i, $fieldname); }
 
-	// This is a fake connection
+	// This is a fake connection except during installation
 	function wpsql_connect($dbserver, $dbuser, $dbpass)
 	{
-		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_user'] = $dbuser;
-		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_password'] = $dbpass;
-		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_server'] = $dbserver;
+		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_connstr'] = '';
+		if( !empty( $dbserver))
+			$GLOBALS['pg4wp_connstr'] .= ' host='.$dbserver;
+		if( !empty( $dbuser))
+			$GLOBALS['pg4wp_connstr'] .= ' user='.$dbuser;
+		if( !empty( $dbpass))
+			$GLOBALS['pg4wp_connstr'] .= ' password='.$dbpass;
+		elseif( !PG4WP_INSECURE)
+			wp_die( 'Connecting to your PostgreSQL database without a password is considered insecure.
+					<br />If you want to do it anyway, please set "PG4WP_INSECURE" to true in your "db.php" file.' );
+		
+		// While installing, we test the connection to 'template0' (as we don't know the effective dbname yet)
+		if( defined('WP_INSTALLING') && WP_INSTALLING)
+			return wpsql_select_db( 'template1');
+		
 		return 1;
 	}
-
+	
+	// The effective connection happens here
 	function wpsql_select_db($dbname, $connection_id = 0)
 	{
-		$pg_user = $GLOBALS['pg4wp_user'];
-		$pg_password = $GLOBALS['pg4wp_password'];
-		$pg_server = $GLOBALS['pg4wp_server'];
-		if( empty( $pg_server))
-			$GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn'] = pg_connect("user=$pg_user password=$pg_password dbname=$dbname");
-		else
-			$GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn'] = pg_connect("host=$pg_server user=$pg_user password=$pg_password dbname=$dbname");
-		// Now we should be connected, we "forget" about the connection parameters
-		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_user'] = '';
-		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_password'] = '';
-		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_server'] = '';
+		$pg_connstr = $GLOBALS['pg4wp_connstr'].' dbname='.$dbname;
+
+		$GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn'] = pg_connect($pg_connstr);
+		
+		// Now we should be connected, we "forget" about the connection parameters (if this is not a "test" connection
+		if( !defined('WP_INSTALLING') || !WP_INSTALLING)
+			$GLOBALS['pg4wp_connstr'] = '';
+		
 		// Execute early transmitted commands if needed
 		if( isset($GLOBALS['pg4wp_pre_sql']) && !empty($GLOBALS['pg4wp_pre_sql']))
 			foreach( $GLOBALS['pg4wp_pre_sql'] as $sql2run)
 				wpsql_query( $sql2run);
+		
 		return $GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn'];
 	}
 
@@ -95,7 +107,7 @@
 	
 	function wpsql_query($sql)
 	{
-		if( !isset($GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn']))
+		if( !$GLOBALS['pg4wp_conn'])
 		{
 			// Catch SQL to be executed as soon as connected
 			$GLOBALS['pg4wp_pre_sql'][] = $sql;
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 1a87fc4..e280e94 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ If you need/wish support for another database, please feel free to contact the a
 
 == Installation ==
 
-Whereas it appears in the control panel, enabling/disabling this plugin through the control panel won't do anything.
-You have to install it before setting up your WordPress installation for things to work properly. 
-
-This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
+You have to install PG4WP *before* setting up your WordPress installation for things to work properly. 
 This is because the database needs to be up and running before any plugin can be loaded.
 
 1.	Unzip the files and put the `pg4wp` directory in your `/wp-content` directory.
@@ -50,6 +47,9 @@ There is no screenshot for this plugin
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+* Rewrote database connection handling so Wordpress installation can tell you when you username and password are wrong
+* Support for using an empty password for database connection
+	Note : this requires setting 'PG4WP_INSECURE' to true in `db.php` for PG4WP to accept this
 * Some code optimizations
 
 = 1.2.0b1 =