diff --git a/README b/README.rst
similarity index 91%
rename from README
rename to README.rst
index 19e7c13..daecfca 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+sqlalchemy-migrate
+==================
+
+Fork from http://code.google.com/p/sqlalchemy-migrate/ to get it working with
+SQLAlchemy 0.8.
+
 Inspired by Ruby on Rails' migrations, Migrate provides a way to deal with
 database schema changes in `SQLAlchemy <http://sqlalchemy.org>`_ projects.
 
@@ -6,7 +12,7 @@ database change repository mechanism which can be used from the command line as
 well as from inside python code.
 
 Help
-------
+----
 
 Sphinx documentation is available at the project page `packages.python.org
 <http://packages.python.org/sqlalchemy-migrate/>`_.
@@ -27,7 +33,7 @@ You can also clone a current `development version
 <http://github.com/stackforge/sqlalchmey-migrate>`_
 
 Tests and Bugs
-------------------
+--------------
 
 To run automated tests:
 
diff --git a/migrate/changeset/ansisql.py b/migrate/changeset/ansisql.py
index 9ded560..79e406c 100644
--- a/migrate/changeset/ansisql.py
+++ b/migrate/changeset/ansisql.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.schema import (ForeignKeyConstraint,
                                Index)
 
 from migrate import exceptions
+import sqlalchemy.sql.compiler
 from migrate.changeset import constraint
 
 from sqlalchemy.schema import AddConstraint, DropConstraint
@@ -153,6 +154,19 @@ class ANSISchemaChanger(AlterTableVisitor, SchemaGenerator):
     name. NONE means the name is unchanged.
     """
 
+    def _index_identifier(self, ident):
+        """This function is move in 0.8 to _prepared_index_name"""
+        if isinstance(ident, sqlalchemy.sql.compiler.sql._truncated_label):
+            max = self.dialect.max_index_name_length or \
+                        self.dialect.max_identifier_length
+            if len(ident) > max:
+                ident = ident[0:max - 8] + \
+                                "_" + sqlalchemy.sql.compiler.util.md5_hex(ident)[-4:]
+        else:
+            self.dialect.validate_identifier(ident)
+
+        return ident
+
     def visit_table(self, table):
         """Rename a table. Other ops aren't supported."""
         self.start_alter_table(table)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f4ddf34..6d78e8c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = sqlalchemy-migrate
 summary = Database schema migration for SQLAlchemy
 description-file =
-    README
+    README.rst
 author = OpenStack
 author-email = openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org
 home-page = http://www.openstack.org/
diff --git a/test_db.cfg b/test_db.cfg
index 6dcff72..f628826 100644
--- a/test_db.cfg
+++ b/test_db.cfg
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@
 # The string '__tmp__' is substituted for a temporary file in each connection
 # string. This is useful for sqlite tests.
 sqlite:///__tmp__
-#postgresql://scott:tiger@localhost/test_migrate
-#mysql://scott:tiger@localhost/test_migrate
+#postgresql://postgres@localhost/testdb
+#mysql://root@localhost/testdb
+#oracle://scott:tiger@localhost
+#firebird://scott:tiger@localhost//var/lib/firebird/databases/test_migrate
diff --git a/test_db.cfg.tmpl b/test_db.cfg.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 59ea742..0000000
--- a/test_db.cfg.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# test_db.cfg
-# 
-# This file contains a list of connection strings which will be used by 
-# database tests. Tests will be executed once for each string in this file. 
-# You should be sure that the database used for the test doesn't contain any
-# important data. See README for more information.
-# 
-# The string '__tmp__' is substituted for a temporary file in each connection
-# string. This is useful for sqlite tests.
-sqlite:///__tmp__
-postgresql://scott:tiger@localhost/test_migrate
-mysql://scott:tiger@localhost/test_migrate
-oracle://scott:tiger@localhost
-firebird://scott:tiger@localhost//var/lib/firebird/databases/test_migrate