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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use lib qw(t/lib);
+use DBICTest;
+
+plan tests => 1;
+
+# Set up the "usual" sqlite for DBICTest
+my $normal_schema = DBICTest->init_schema( sqlite_use_file => 1 );
+
+my @connect_info = @{ $normal_schema->storage->_dbi_connect_info };
+
+my %connect_info = (
+ dsn => $connect_info[0],
+ user => $connect_info[1],
+ password => $connect_info[2],
+ %{ $connect_info[3] },
+ AutoCommit => 1,
+ cursor_class => 'DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Cursor'
+);
+
+# Make sure we have no active connection
+$normal_schema->storage->disconnect;
+
+# Make a new clone with a new connection, using a hash reference
+my $hash_schema = $normal_schema->connect(\%connect_info);
+
+# Stolen from 60core.t - this just verifies things seem to work at all
+my @art = $hash_schema->resultset("Artist")->search({ }, { order_by => 'name DESC'});
+cmp_ok(@art, '==', 3, "Three artists returned");