[Opensource] Deploying Expresso without a "default" database

[maxxam at inetfreemail.co.za]

I've just got a hosting plan for my expresso application and am almost
ready to deploy it. Like most hosting providers, mine (eapps.com) uses a
shared mysql server. They do not allow me to set-up a database by the name
of "default". I have tried before to use expresso with a different
database name but have always come unglued. It seems that expresso needs a
"default" database to start up initially. AFter that it then allowed me to
use a different database name.

Is this the case, or am I doing something wrong. Can one deploy an
expresso app to a server without a default database?

Thanks for the help,
Max