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authorAndrey Andreev <narf@bofh.bg>2012-02-28 13:48:55 +0100
committerAndrey Andreev <narf@bofh.bg>2012-02-28 13:48:55 +0100
commit575bbfe97e4f0e3ad88558454fb2c87d372a7651 (patch)
treeeec271f209f8a7539b3b519be3a68e067f24562a /user_guide_src/source/database
parentd33e24c2a649420d420ad9b11efb1bbf2421114c (diff)
parent0aa8c60ae7eee0122c42ae17d42fd5471a575743 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/develop' into develop-db-sqlite
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-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst4
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst6
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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst
index 4f88c25ab..040e7e33f 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ prototype::
$db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE;
+If you use PDO as your dbdriver, you can specify the full DSN string describe a connection to the database like this::
+
+ $db['default']['dsn'] = 'pgsql:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=database_name';
+
You can also specify failovers for the situation when the main connection cannot connect for some reason.
These failovers can be specified by setting the failover for a connection like this::
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
index a834cc0f7..fb4524116 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ return the database object.
| $DB1->result();
| etc...
+.. note:: You don't need to create separate database configurations if you
+ only need to use a different database on the same connection. You
+ can switch to a different database when you need to, like this:
+
+ | $this->db->db_select($database2_name);
+
Reconnecting / Keeping the Connection Alive
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