diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Search/AvatarSearchModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Search/AvatarSearchModule.cs
index 2cf9a229..79093664 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Search/AvatarSearchModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Search/AvatarSearchModule.cs
@@ -116,14 +116,20 @@ public void Initialize(Scene scene, IConfigSource config)
             IConfig myConfig = config.Configs["Startup"];
             string connstr = myConfig.GetString("core_connection_string", String.Empty);
             _rdbConnectionTemplate = myConfig.GetString("rdb_connection_template", String.Empty);
-            if (!_rdbConnectionTemplate.Contains("Data Source"))
+            if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_rdbConnectionTemplate))
             {
-                _rdbConnectionTemplate = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplate;
+                if (!_rdbConnectionTemplate.ToLower().Contains("data source"))
+                {
+                    _rdbConnectionTemplate = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplate;
+                }
             }
             _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug = myConfig.GetString("rdb_connection_template_debug", String.Empty);
-            if (!_rdbConnectionTemplateDebug.Contains("Data Source"))
+            if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_rdbConnectionTemplateDebug))
             {
-                _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug;
+                if (!_rdbConnectionTemplateDebug.ToLower().Contains("data source"))
+                {
+                    _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug;
+                }
             }
             _connFactory = new ConnectionFactory("MySQL", connstr);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs
index 2041608d..57fdcedd 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Land/LandManagementModule.cs
@@ -117,14 +117,20 @@ public void Initialize(Scene scene, IConfigSource config)
             IConfig myConfig = config.Configs["Startup"];
             string connstr = myConfig.GetString("core_connection_string", String.Empty);
             _rdbConnectionTemplate = myConfig.GetString("rdb_connection_template", String.Empty);
-            if (!_rdbConnectionTemplate.Contains("Data Source"))
+            if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_rdbConnectionTemplate))
             {
-                _rdbConnectionTemplate = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplate;
+                if (!_rdbConnectionTemplate.ToLower().Contains("data source"))
+                {
+                    _rdbConnectionTemplate = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplate;
+                }
             }
             _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug = myConfig.GetString("rdb_connection_template_debug", String.Empty);
-            if (!_rdbConnectionTemplateDebug.Contains("Data Source"))
+            if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_rdbConnectionTemplateDebug))
             {
-                _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug;
+                if (!_rdbConnectionTemplateDebug.ToLower().Contains("data source"))
+                {
+                    _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug = "Data Source={0};" + _rdbConnectionTemplateDebug;
+                }
             }
             _connFactory = new ConnectionFactory("MySQL", connstr);