Add optional parameter to Server.startWebServer() to ignore user's properties

h2/src/main/org/h2/tools/Server.java

@@ -706,8 +706,27 @@ public class Server extends Tool implements Runnable, ShutdownHandler {
      * @param conn the database connection (the database must be open)
      */
     public static void startWebServer(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
+        startWebServer(conn, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Start a web server and a browser that uses the given connection. The
+     * current transaction is preserved. This is specially useful to manually
+     * inspect the database when debugging. This method return as soon as the
+     * user has disconnected.
+     *
+     * @param conn the database connection (the database must be open)
+     * @param ignoreProperties if {@code true} properties from
+     *         {@code .h2.server.properties} will be ignored
+     */
+    public static void startWebServer(Connection conn, boolean ignoreProperties) throws SQLException {
         WebServer webServer = new WebServer();
-        Server web = new Server(webServer, new String[] { "-webPort", "0" });
+        String[] args;
+        if (ignoreProperties)
+            args = new String[] { "-webPort", "0", "-properties", "null"};
+        else
+            args = new String[] { "-webPort", "0" };
+        Server web = new Server(webServer, args);
         web.start();
         Server server = new Server();
         server.web = web;

h2/src/test/org/h2/test/server/TestWeb.java

@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ public class TestWeb extends TestBase {
             Task t = new Task() {
                 @Override
                 public void call() throws Exception {
-                    Server.startWebServer(conn);
+                    Server.startWebServer(conn, true);
                 }
             };
             t.execute();