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-rw-r--r--user_guide/database/connecting.html2
-rw-r--r--user_guide/database/helpers.html4
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 8dd64a3a2..f555159ee 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Change Log
<li>Database
<ul>
<li>Added a <a href="http://www.cubrid.org/" target="_blank">CUBRID</a> driver to the <a href="database/index.html">Database Driver</a>. Thanks to the CUBRID team for supplying this patch.</li>
+ <li>Added a PDO driver to the <a href="database/index.html">Database Driver</a>.</li>
<li>Typecast limit and offset in the <a href="database/queries.html">Database Driver</a> to integers to avoid possible injection.</li>
<li>
Added additional option 'none' for the optional third argument for <kbd>$this->db->like()</kbd> in the <a href="database/active_record.html">Database Driver</a>.
diff --git a/user_guide/database/connecting.html b/user_guide/database/connecting.html
index 309f2bc1a..b18088132 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/connecting.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/connecting.html
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ $this->load->database(<samp>$config</samp>);</code>
<p>For information on each of these values please see the <a href="configuration.html">configuration page</a>.</p>
+<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> For the PDO driver, $config['hostname'] should look like this: 'mysql:host=localhost'</p>
+
<p>Or you can submit your database values as a Data Source Name. DSNs must have this prototype:</p>
<code>$dsn = 'dbdriver://username:password@hostname/database';<br />
diff --git a/user_guide/database/helpers.html b/user_guide/database/helpers.html
index 6a8aba55b..be6c339b4 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/helpers.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/helpers.html
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ Query Helpers
<h2>$this->db->insert_id()</h2>
<p>The insert ID number when performing database inserts.</p>
+<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> If using the PDO driver with PostgreSQL, this function requires a $name parameter, which specifies the appropriate sequence to check for the insert id.</p>
<h2>$this->db->affected_rows()</h2>
<p>Displays the number of affected rows, when doing "write" type queries (insert, update, etc.).</p>
-<p>Note: In MySQL "DELETE FROM TABLE" returns 0 affected rows. The database class has a small hack that allows it to return the
-correct number of affected rows. By default this hack is enabled but it can be turned off in the database driver file.</p>
+<p>Note: In MySQL "DELETE FROM TABLE" returns 0 affected rows. The database class has a small hack that allows it to return the correct number of affected rows. By default this hack is enabled but it can be turned off in the database driver file.</p>
<h2>$this->db->count_all();</h2>