diff --git a/harbour/contrib/mysql/mysql.c b/harbour/contrib/mysql/mysql.c
index e8fb5dff9c..eba7771691 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/mysql/mysql.c
+++ b/harbour/contrib/mysql/mysql.c
@@ -343,14 +343,23 @@ HB_FUNC(SQLSRVINFO)
    _retc( mysql_get_server_info( (MYSQL *)_parnl(1) ) );
 }
 
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+int filelength( int handle )
+{
+    int nEnd = hb_fsSeek( handle, 0 , 2 );
+    int nStart = hb_fsSeek( handle , 0 , 0 );
+    return nEnd - nStart;
+}
+#endif    
+
 char *filetoBuff(char *f,char *s)
 {
-/* int i=0; */
+
    int i;
-   int fh= hb_fsOpen((BYTE*)s,2);
-   i=hb_fsReadLarge(fh,(BYTE*)f,filelength(fh));
+   int fh = hb_fsOpen( ( BYTE * ) s , 2 );
+   i = hb_fsReadLarge( fh , ( BYTE * ) f , filelength( fh ) );
    f[ i ] = '\0';
-   hb_fsClose(fh);
+   hb_fsClose( fh );
    return f   ;
 }
 
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg b/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg
index de05b20669..587eb32ac6 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg
+++ b/harbour/contrib/mysql/tmysql.prg
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ CLASS TMySQLServer
 
    METHOD   NetErr() INLINE ::lError         // Returns .T. if something went wrong
    METHOD   Error()                          // Returns textual description of last error
+   METHOD   CreateDatabase( cDataBase )      // Create an New Mysql Database
 
 ENDCLASS
 
@@ -780,6 +781,16 @@ METHOD SelectDB(cDBName) CLASS TMySQLServer
 return .F.
 
 
+METHOD CreateDatabase ( cDataBase ) CLASS TMySQLServer
+   local cCreateQuery := "CREATE DATABASE "+ lower(cDatabase)
+
+   if sqlQuery(::nSocket, cCreateQuery) == 0
+      return .T.
+   endif
+
+return .F.
+
+
 // NOTE: OS/2 port of MySQL is picky about table names, that is if you create a table with
 // an upper case name you cannot alter it (for example) using a lower case name, this violates
 // OS/2 case insensibility about names