public function connect() {
        $adapter = Zend_Db_Table::getDefaultAdapter();
        if (!$adapter) {
            Garp_Cli::errorOut('No database adapter found');
            return false;
        }
        $config = $adapter->getConfig();
        $params = array(
            '-u' . escapeshellarg($config['username']),
            '-p' . escapeshellarg($config['password']),
            '-h' . escapeshellarg($config['host']),
            ' ' . escapeshellarg($config['dbname'])
        );
        $cmd = 'mysql ' . implode(' ', $params);
        $process = proc_open($cmd, array(0 => STDIN, 1 => STDOUT, 2 => STDERR), $pipes);
        $proc_status = proc_get_status($process);
        $exit_code = proc_close($process);
        return ($proc_status["running"] ? $exit_code : $proc_status["exitcode"] ) == 0;
    }