diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMsSql/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMsSql/Driver.php
index 9501b7c17..347a52e23 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMsSql/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMsSql/Driver.php
@@ -45,9 +45,22 @@ class Driver implements \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver
      */
     private function _constructPdoDsn(array $params)
     {
-        //TODO
+        // TODO: This might need to be revisted once we have access to a mssql server
+        $dsn = 'mssql:';
+        if (isset($params['host'])) {
+            $dsn .= 'host=' . $params['host'] . ';';
+        }
+        if (isset($params['port'])) {
+            $dsn .= 'port=' . $params['port'] . ';';
+        }
+        if (isset($params['dbname'])) {
+            $dsn .= 'dbname=' . $params['dbname'] . ';';
+        }
+
+        return $dsn;
     }
 
+
     public function getDatabasePlatform()
     {
         return new \Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MsSqlPlatform();
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
index 8db4f2210..5abbc4c85 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ class OraclePlatform extends AbstractPlatform
         return "SELECT name FROM sys.user_source WHERE line = 1 AND type = 'FUNCTION'";
     }
 
+    public function getListSequencesSql($database)
+    {
+        return 'SELECT sequence_name FROM sys.user_sequences';
+    }
+
     public function getCreateTableSql($table, array $columns, array $options = array())
     {
         $indexes = isset($options['indexes']) ? $options['indexes']:array();
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/OracleSchemaManager.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/OracleSchemaManager.php
index d992e9261..e8a098602 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/OracleSchemaManager.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/OracleSchemaManager.php
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ class OracleSchemaManager extends AbstractSchemaManager
     {
         $sql = $this->_platform->getDropAutoincrementSql($table);
         foreach ($sql as $query) {
-            try {
-                $this->_conn->exec($query);
-            } catch (\Exception $e) {}
+            $this->_conn->exec($query);
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -237,28 +235,8 @@ class OracleSchemaManager extends AbstractSchemaManager
 
     public function dropTable($name)
     {
-        try {
-            $this->dropAutoincrement($name);
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            //FIXME: Exception silencing ;'-(
-        }
+        $this->dropAutoincrement($name);
 
         return parent::dropTable($name);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Lists all sequences.
-     *
-     * @param string|null $database
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function listSequences($database = null)
-    {
-        //FIXME: $database not used. Remove?
-        $query = "SELECT sequence_name FROM sys.user_sequences";
-
-        $tableNames = $this->_conn->fetchColumn($query);
-
-        return $tableNames;
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
index 57b3522a4..75b02ff54 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
@@ -52,10 +52,15 @@ class SqliteSchemaManager extends AbstractSchemaManager
      */
     public function createDatabase($database)
     {
-        // FIXME: $database parameter not used 
-        // TODO: Can we do this better?
-        $this->_conn->close();
-        $this->_conn->connect();
+        $params = $this->_conn->getParams();
+        $driver = $params['driver'];
+        $options = array(
+            'driver' => $driver,
+            'path' => $database
+        );
+        $conn = \Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager::getConnection($options);
+        $conn->connect();
+        $conn->close();
     }
 
     protected function _getPortableTableDefinition($table)
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php
index 3c95bd117..feb7ef24a 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php
@@ -119,28 +119,15 @@ class SqliteSchemaManagerTest extends SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertEquals('CREATE VIEW test_create_view AS SELECT * from test_views', $views[0]['sql']);
     }
 
-    /* FIXME: Using ORM in DBAL test suite. Not OK!!
     public function testCreateAndDropDatabase()
     {
         $path = dirname(__FILE__).'/test_create_and_drop_sqlite_database.sqlite';
-        $config = new \Doctrine\ORM\Configuration();
-        $eventManager = new \Doctrine\Common\EventManager();
-        $connectionOptions = array(
-            'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
-            'path' => $path
-        );
-        $em = \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::create($connectionOptions, $config, $eventManager);
-        $conn = $em->getConnection();
-        $sm = $conn->getSchemaManager();
 
-        $sm->createDatabase();
+        $this->_sm->createDatabase($path);
         $this->assertEquals(true, file_exists($path));
-        $sm->dropDatabase();
+        $this->_sm->dropDatabase($path);
         $this->assertEquals(false, file_exists($path));
-        $sm->createDatabase();
-        $this->assertEquals(true, file_exists($path));
-        $sm->dropDatabase();
-    }*/
+    }
 
     public function testCreateTable()
     {
@@ -176,8 +163,7 @@ class SqliteSchemaManagerTest extends SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase
     {
         $this->_sm->createSequence('seqname', 1, 1);
     }
-    
-    /* FIXME: See comment in AbstractSchemaManager#dropIndex($table, $name)
+
     public function testCreateIndex()
     {
         $this->createTestTable('test_create_index');
@@ -193,7 +179,7 @@ class SqliteSchemaManagerTest extends SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase
         $tableIndexes = $this->_sm->listTableIndexes('test_create_index');
         $this->assertEquals('test', $tableIndexes[0]['name']);
         $this->assertEquals(true, $tableIndexes[0]['unique']);
-    }*/
+    }
 
     /**
      * @expectedException \Exception