docs: def _get_db_connect(dbSystem,db,user,password):
      """Create a connection to the database specified on the command line
      """
      if dbSystem=='SYBASE':
          import Sybase    
          try:
              dbh = Sybase.connect(dbSystem,
                                   user,
                                   password,
                                   database=db )
          except:
              dbh=None
      elif dbSystem=='MYSQL':
          import MySQLdb
          try:
              dbh = MySQLdb.connect(user=user,
                                    passwd=password,
                                    db=db ,
                                    host='gimli')
          except:
              dbh=None
              
      return dbh