You should use multidb resource plugin . In short, in you application. Ini you should setup all your databases.
FYI: my friend also wanted to do this. He set a default adapter in the application.ini. Then in each zend_db model where he wanted to use another database, he changed the schema configuration.
He said it was the easiest. Then his db model already had the authentication and host, and he just overwrote the database and table. Definitely consider this option; sorry I don't have any links or examples.
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