diff --git a/src/qgisapp.cpp b/src/qgisapp.cpp
index ff054cab4f3..7c752a34aa2 100644
--- a/src/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -58,20 +58,21 @@ QgisApp::QgisApp(QWidget *parent, const char * name, WFlags fl ) : QgisAppBase(p
 QgisApp::~QgisApp(){
 }
 void QgisApp::addLayer(){
-  QStringList list = qApp->libraryPaths();
-  QString msg;
-  QStringList::Iterator it = list.begin();
-  while( it != list.end() ) {
-    msg += "\n" + *it;
-    ++it;
-  }
-   
-  //  QMessageBox::information(this,"Search Paths",msg);
-
   // show the postgis dialog
   QgsDbSourceSelect *dbs = new QgsDbSourceSelect();
   if(dbs->exec()){
     // add files to the map canvas
+    QStringList tables = dbs->selectedTables();
+    QString connInfo = dbs->connInfo();
+    // for each selected table, connect to the datbase, parse the WKT geometry,
+    // and build a cavnasitem for it
+ QStringList::Iterator it = tables.begin();
+  while( it != tables.end() ) {
+    
+    
+    ++it;
+  }
+    
   }
   // show the file dialog
   /*
diff --git a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp
index d4bf3e70c1c..38902f50fc8 100644
--- a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "qgsdatabaselayer.h"
 
 QgsDatabaseLayer::QgsDatabaseLayer(){
+  dataSource = "foo";
 }
 QgsDatabaseLayer::~QgsDatabaseLayer(){
 }
diff --git a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h
index 35c2d16c987..d4c8f97d382 100644
--- a/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h
+++ b/src/qgsdatabaselayer.h
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ class QgsDatabaseLayer : public QgsMapLayer  {
 public: 
 	QgsDatabaseLayer();
 	~QgsDatabaseLayer();
+ private:
+	
+	QString type; // maps to one of the OGIS Simple geometry types
+	QString database;
+	QString tableName;
+	QString geometryColumn;
+	
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/qgsdatasource.h b/src/qgsdatasource.h
index 4ec5fc7fb82..60e0adb346e 100644
--- a/src/qgsdatasource.h
+++ b/src/qgsdatasource.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class QgsDataSource {
 public: 
 	QgsDataSource();
 	~QgsDataSource();
- private:
+ protected:
  //! Path or uri of the datasource
  	QString dataSource;
 };
diff --git a/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp b/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp
index ecd3c22d5ab..49714cdee9a 100644
--- a/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ void QgsDbSourceSelect::editConnection(){
   if(nc->exec()){
   }
 }
-
+void QgsDbSourceSelect::addTables(){
+  //store the table info
+  for(int idx=0; idx <lstTables->numRows(); idx++){
+    if(lstTables->isSelected(idx))
+      m_selectedTables += lstTables->text(idx);
+  }
+}
 void QgsDbSourceSelect::dbConnect(){
   // populate the table list
   QSettings settings;
@@ -53,8 +59,8 @@ void QgsDbSourceSelect::dbConnect(){
   QString database = "dbname="+settings.readEntry(key+"/database");
   QString username = "user="+settings.readEntry(key+"/username");
   QString password = "password="+settings.readEntry(key+"/password");
-  QString conninfo = host +" " + database + " " + username + " " + password;
-  PgDatabase *pd = new PgDatabase((const char *)conninfo);
+  m_connInfo = host +" " + database + " " + username + " " + password;
+  PgDatabase *pd = new PgDatabase((const char *)m_connInfo);
   cout << pd->ErrorMessage();
   if(pd->Status()==CONNECTION_OK){
     // create the pixmaps for the layer types
@@ -98,3 +104,9 @@ void QgsDbSourceSelect::dbConnect(){
     qDebug( "Connection failed");
   }
 }
+QStringList QgsDbSourceSelect::selectedTables(){
+  return m_selectedTables;
+}
+QString  QgsDbSourceSelect::connInfo(){
+  return m_connInfo;
+}
diff --git a/src/qgsdbsourceselect.h b/src/qgsdbsourceselect.h
index a692d230e35..bffb124e7b0 100644
--- a/src/qgsdbsourceselect.h
+++ b/src/qgsdbsourceselect.h
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ class QgsDbSourceSelect : public QgsDbSourceSelectBase
     ~QgsDbSourceSelect();
     void addNewConnection();
     void editConnection();
+    void addTables();
     void dbConnect();
+    QStringList selectedTables();
+    QString connInfo();
+ private:
+    QString m_connInfo;
+    QStringList m_selectedTables;
 };