diff --git a/extra/db/mysql/lib/lib.factor b/extra/db/mysql/lib/lib.factor
index ca912f200d..47033c1c61 100644
--- a/extra/db/mysql/lib/lib.factor
+++ b/extra/db/mysql/lib/lib.factor
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ TUPLE: mysql-result-set ;
 ! =========================================================
 
 : (mysql-query) ( mysql-connection query -- ret )
-    >r mysql-db-handle r> mysql_query ;
+    >r db-handle>> r> mysql_query ;
 
 ! : (mysql-result) ( mysql-connection -- ret )
     ! [ mysql-db-handle mysql_use_result ] keep 
diff --git a/extra/db/sqlite/lib/lib.factor b/extra/db/sqlite/lib/lib.factor
index d14e975ae1..03f424e8d4 100755
--- a/extra/db/sqlite/lib/lib.factor
+++ b/extra/db/sqlite/lib/lib.factor
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespaces sequences db.sqlite.ffi db combinators
 continuations db.types calendar.format serialize
 io.streams.byte-array byte-arrays io.encodings.binary
 io.backend db.errors present urls io.encodings.utf8
-io.encodings.string ;
+io.encodings.string accessors ;
 IN: db.sqlite.lib
 
 ERROR: sqlite-error < db-error n string ;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ERROR: sqlite-sql-error < sql-error n string ;
 
 : sqlite-statement-error ( -- * )
     SQLITE_ERROR
-    db get db-handle sqlite3_errmsg sqlite-sql-error ;
+    db get handle>> sqlite3_errmsg sqlite-sql-error ;
 
 : sqlite-check-result ( n -- )
     {
diff --git a/extra/db/sqlite/sqlite.factor b/extra/db/sqlite/sqlite.factor
index 38a3899fc4..794ff5bacd 100755
--- a/extra/db/sqlite/sqlite.factor
+++ b/extra/db/sqlite/sqlite.factor
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ M: sqlite-statement bind-tuple ( tuple statement -- )
     ] keep bind-statement ;
 
 : last-insert-id ( -- id )
-    db get db-handle sqlite3_last_insert_rowid
+    db get handle>> sqlite3_last_insert_rowid
     dup zero? [ "last-id failed" throw ] when ;
 
 M: sqlite-db insert-tuple* ( tuple statement -- )
diff --git a/extra/db/tuples/tuples.factor b/extra/db/tuples/tuples.factor
index 71cf878d2f..1b7ab24366 100755
--- a/extra/db/tuples/tuples.factor
+++ b/extra/db/tuples/tuples.factor
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ M: retryable execute-statement* ( statement type -- )
 
 : update-tuple ( tuple -- )
     dup class
-    db get db-update-statements [ <update-tuple-statement> ] cache
+    db get update-statements>> [ <update-tuple-statement> ] cache
     [ bind-tuple ] keep execute-statement ;
 
 : delete-tuples ( tuple -- )