diff --git a/gollygorm2/DbOpen.go b/gollygorm2/DbOpen.go
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+package gollygorm2
+
+import (
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+
+	"github.com/craigmj/golly"
+)
+
+// DbOpen is identical to golly.DbOpen, but returns a gorm database connection instead.
+func DbOpen(driverName, datasourceName string) (*gorm.DB, error) {
+	var db *gorm.DB
+	var err error
+	if err := golly.Run(func() error {
+		db, err = gorm.Open(driverName, datasourceName)
+		if nil != err {
+			if nil != golly.ErrorLog {
+				golly.ErrorLog(err)
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		if err = db.DB().Ping(); nil != err {
+			db.Close()
+			if nil != err && nil != golly.ErrorLog {
+				golly.ErrorLog(err)
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}); nil != err {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return db, nil
+}