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authorRick Ellis <rick.ellis@ellislab.com>2008-10-19 03:02:33 +0200
committerRick Ellis <rick.ellis@ellislab.com>2008-10-19 03:02:33 +0200
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<p class="important">If the above function does <strong>not</strong> contain any information in the first parameter it will connect
to the group specified in your database config file. For most people, this is the preferred method of use.</p>
+<h3>Available Parameters</h3>
+
+<ol>
+ <li>The database connection values, passed either as an array or a DSN string.</li>
+ <li>TRUE/FALSE (boolean). Whether to return the connection ID (see Connecting to Multiple Databases below).</li>
+ <li>TRUE/FALSE (boolean). Whether to enable the Active Record class. Set to FALSE by default.</li>
+</ol>
+
+
+<h3>Manuallly Connecting to a Database</h3>
<p>The first parameter of this function can <strong>optionally</strong> be used to specify a particular database group
from your config file, or you can even submit connection values for a database that is not specified in your config file.