diff --git a/openstack/client.go b/openstack/client.go
index 1193b19..1d3f4d7 100644
--- a/openstack/client.go
+++ b/openstack/client.go
@@ -261,3 +261,12 @@
 	}
 	return &gophercloud.ServiceClient{ProviderClient: client, Endpoint: url}, nil
 }
+
+func NewDBV1(client *gophercloud.ProviderClient, eo gophercloud.EndpointOpts) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	eo.ApplyDefaults("database")
+	url, err := client.EndpointLocator(eo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &gophercloud.ServiceClient{ProviderClient: client, Endpoint: url}, nil
+}
diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go
index c7102e7..df70898 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/fixture"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 var (
 	flavorID = 1
 	_baseURL = "/flavors"
-	resURL   = "/flavors/" + flavorID
+	resURL   = "/flavors/" + strconv.Itoa(flavorID)
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go
index a1b6b32..3b3e8da 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package flavors
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
+
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 )
 
-func getURL(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id string) string {
-	return client.ServiceURL("flavors", id)
+func getURL(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) string {
+	return client.ServiceURL("flavors", strconv.Itoa(id))
 }
 
 func listURL(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient) string {
diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go b/openstack/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go
index 8b6ea06..726501b 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/db/v1/flavors"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/fixture"
 )
 
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@
 var expectedInstance = Instance{
 	Created: "2014-02-13T21:47:13",
 	Updated: "2014-02-13T21:47:13",
-	Flavor: Flavor{
-		ID: "1",
+	Flavor: flavors.Flavor{
+		ID: 1,
 		Links: []gophercloud.Link{
 			gophercloud.Link{Href: "https://my-openstack.com/v1.0/1234/flavors/1", Rel: "self"},
 			gophercloud.Link{Href: "https://my-openstack.com/v1.0/1234/flavors/1", Rel: "bookmark"},