# Attempt to connect to the database as a privileged user
# This will vomit up an error if there are permissions problems
- $db = wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
+ $db = $this->getDB( DB_MASTER );
$this->output( "Going to run database updates for " . wfWikiID() . "\n" );
if ( $db->getType() === 'sqlite' ) {