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@@ -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::