Add an optional database name parameter to db_select()

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index a4904fceb..6142d8bfb 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
    -  MySQLi driver now supports persistent connections when running on PHP >= 5.3.
    -  Added dsn if the group connections in the config use PDO or any driver which need DSN.
    -  Improved PDO database support.
+   -  An optional database name parameter was added db_select().
 
 -  Libraries
 
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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