diff --git a/adodb.inc.php b/adodb.inc.php
index 48a59f070..bd6bb873c 100644
--- a/adodb.inc.php
+++ b/adodb.inc.php
@@ -458,7 +458,14 @@ abstract class ADOConnection {
 	//
 	var $dataProvider = 'native';
 	var $databaseType = '';		/// RDBMS currently in use, eg. odbc, mysql, mssql
-	var $database = '';			/// Name of database to be used.
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string Current database name.
+	 *
+	 * This used to be stored in the $databaseName property, which was marked
+	 * as deprecated in 4.66 and removed in 5.22.5.
+	 */
+	public $database = '';
 
 	/**
 	 * @var string If the driver is PDO, then the dsnType is e.g. sqlsrv, otherwise empty
diff --git a/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php
index 16c4054f1..da65a540d 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ class ADODB_db2 extends ADOConnection {
 	 */
 	public $connectStmt = '';
 
-	/*
-	 * Holds the current database name
-	 */
-	private $databaseName = '';
-
 	/*
 	 * Holds information about the stored procedure request
 	 * currently being built
@@ -113,7 +108,7 @@ public function _pconnect($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatabasename)
 
 	private function doDB2Connect($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatabasename, $persistent=false)
 	{
-		
+
 		if (!function_exists('db2_connect')) {
 			ADOConnection::outp("DB2 extension not installed.");
 			return null;
@@ -184,7 +179,7 @@ private function doDB2Connect($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatabasen
 												null,
 												$db2Options);
 
-		
+
 		$this->_errorMsg = @db2_conn_errormsg();
 
 		if ($this->_connectionID && $this->connectStmt)
@@ -207,7 +202,7 @@ private function doDB2Connect($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatabasen
 	private function unpackParameters($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatabasename)
 	{
 
-		
+
 		$connectionParameters = array('dsn'=>'',
 									  'uid'=>'',
 									  'pwd'=>'',
@@ -257,7 +252,7 @@ private function unpackParameters($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatab
 				$errorMessage = 'Supply uncatalogued connection parameters ';
 				$errorMessage.= 'in either the database or DSN arguments, ';
 				$errorMessage.= 'but not both';
-			
+
 				if ($this->debug)
 					ADOConnection::outp($errorMessage);
 				return null;
@@ -282,7 +277,7 @@ private function unpackParameters($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatab
 			{
 				$errorMessage = 'For uncatalogued connections, provide ';
 				$errorMessage.= 'both UID and PWD in the connection string';
-				
+
 				if ($this->debug)
 					ADOConnection::outp($errorMessage);
 				return null;
@@ -307,7 +302,7 @@ private function unpackParameters($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatab
 			}
 			elseif ($argDatabasename)
 			{
-				$this->databaseName = $argDatabasename;
+				$this->database = $argDatabasename;
 				$argDSN .= ';database=' . $argDatabasename;
 				$argDatabasename = '';
 				$useCataloguedConnection = false;
@@ -317,7 +312,7 @@ private function unpackParameters($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatab
 			{
 				$errorMessage = 'Uncatalogued connection parameters ';
 				$errorMessage.= 'must contain a database= argument';
-				
+
 				if ($this->debug)
 					ADOConnection::outp($errorMessage);
 				return null;
@@ -347,9 +342,9 @@ private function unpackParameters($argDSN, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatab
 		}
 
 		if ($argDatabasename)
-			$this->databaseName = $argDatabasename;
-		elseif (!$this->databaseName)
-			$this->databaseName = $this->getDatabasenameFromDsn($argDSN);
+			$this->database = $argDatabasename;
+		elseif (!$this->database)
+			$this->database = $this->getDatabasenameFromDsn($argDSN);
 
 
 		$connectionParameters = array('dsn'=>$argDSN,
@@ -1003,7 +998,7 @@ public function metaProcedures($procedureNamePattern = null, $catalog  = null, $
 	  */
 	public function metaDatabases(){
 
-		$dbName = $this->getMetaCasedValue($this->databaseName);
+		$dbName = $this->getMetaCasedValue($this->database);
 
 		return (array)$dbName;
 
@@ -1618,10 +1613,10 @@ function _query(&$sql,$inputarr=false)
 				{
 					$this->_errorMsg  = @db2_stmt_errormsg();
 					$this->_errorCode = @db2_stmt_error();
-					
+
 					if ($this->debug)
 						ADOConnection::outp($this->_errorMsg);
-					
+
 					return false;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/drivers/adodb-mssql.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-mssql.inc.php
index 8fb92249c..269dd7ed3 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-mssql.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-mssql.inc.php
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ function MetaTables($ttype=false,$showSchema=false,$mask=false)
 	function SelectDB($dbName)
 	{
 		$this->database = $dbName;
-		$this->databaseName = $dbName; # obsolete, retained for compat with older adodb versions
 		if ($this->_connectionID) {
 			return @mssql_select_db($dbName);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/adodb-mssqlnative.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-mssqlnative.inc.php
index 41bb7e3e8..f7e1bcc16 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-mssqlnative.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-mssqlnative.inc.php
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ function RowLock($tables,$where,$col='1 as adodbignore')
 	function SelectDB($dbName)
 	{
 		$this->database = $dbName;
-		$this->databaseName = $dbName; # obsolete, retained for compat with older adodb versions
 		if ($this->_connectionID) {
 			$rs = $this->Execute('USE '.$dbName);
 			if($rs) {
diff --git a/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php
index 4948f1851..123b6d450 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ function MetaColumns($table, $normalize = true)
 
 		$SQL = "SELECT column_name, column_type
 				  FROM information_schema.columns
-				 WHERE table_schema='{$this->databaseName}'
+				 WHERE table_schema='{$this->database}'
 				   AND table_name='$table'";
 
 		$schemaArray = $this->getAssoc($SQL);
@@ -1017,7 +1017,6 @@ function SelectDB($dbName)
 	{
 //		$this->_connectionID = $this->mysqli_resolve_link($this->_connectionID);
 		$this->database = $dbName;
-		$this->databaseName = $dbName; # obsolete, retained for compat with older adodb versions
 
 		if ($this->_connectionID) {
 			$result = @mysqli_select_db($this->_connectionID, $dbName);
diff --git a/drivers/adodb-odbtp.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-odbtp.inc.php
index 41bd0873b..c352af55f 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-odbtp.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-odbtp.inc.php
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ function SelectDB($dbName)
 			return false;
 		}
 		$this->database = $dbName;
-		$this->databaseName = $dbName; # obsolete, retained for compat with older adodb versions
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/adodb-pdo_mysql.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-pdo_mysql.inc.php
index c8812453f..a00c8595b 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-pdo_mysql.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-pdo_mysql.inc.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function OffsetDate($dayFraction, $date=false)
 		return $date . ' + INTERVAL ' .	$fraction . ' SECOND';
 //		return "from_unixtime(unix_timestamp($date)+$fraction)";
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Get a list of indexes on the specified table.
 	 *
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ function MetaColumns($table, $normalize=true)
 	function SelectDB($dbName)
 	{
 		$this->database = $dbName;
-		$this->databaseName = $dbName; # obsolete, retained for compat with older adodb versions
 		$try = $this->Execute('use ' . $dbName);
 		return ($try !== false);
 	}
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ function SelectDB($dbName)
 	function SelectLimit($sql, $nrows=-1, $offset=-1, $inputarr=false, $secs=0)
 	{
 		$nrows = (int) $nrows;
-		$offset = (int) $offset;		
+		$offset = (int) $offset;
 		$offsetStr =($offset>=0) ? "$offset," : '';
 		// jason judge, see PHPLens Issue No: 9220
 		if ($nrows < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/adodb-sybase.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-sybase.inc.php
index b8db07479..9cc2cc77a 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-sybase.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-sybase.inc.php
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ function RowLock($tables,$where,$col='top 1 null as ignore')
 	function SelectDB($dbName)
 	{
 		$this->database = $dbName;
-		$this->databaseName = $dbName; # obsolete, retained for compat with older adodb versions
 		if ($this->_connectionID) {
 			return @sybase_select_db($dbName);
 		}