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| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst | 42 |
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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst index 979755c06..5c7fd8d59 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released $this->db->like() in the :doc:`Database Driver <database/active_record>`. - Added $this->db->insert_batch() support to the OCI8 (Oracle) driver. + - Added failover if the main connections in the config should fail - Libraries diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst index 687f0d920..433c67152 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/configuration.rst @@ -28,6 +28,48 @@ prototype:: $db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE; $db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE; +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:: + + $db['default']['failover'] = array( + array( + 'hostname' => 'localhost1', + 'username' => '', + 'password' => '', + 'database' => '', + 'dbdriver' => 'mysql', + 'dbprefix' => '', + 'pconnect' => TRUE, + 'db_debug' => TRUE, + 'cache_on' => FALSE, + 'cachedir' => '', + 'char_set' => 'utf8', + 'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci', + 'swap_pre' => '', + 'autoinit' => TRUE, + 'stricton' => FALSE + ), + array( + 'hostname' => 'localhost2', + 'username' => '', + 'password' => '', + 'database' => '', + 'dbdriver' => 'mysql', + 'dbprefix' => '', + 'pconnect' => TRUE, + 'db_debug' => TRUE, + 'cache_on' => FALSE, + 'cachedir' => '', + 'char_set' => 'utf8', + 'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci', + 'swap_pre' => '', + 'autoinit' => TRUE, + 'stricton' => FALSE + ) + ); + +You can specify as many failovers as you like. + The reason we use a multi-dimensional array rather than a more simple one is to permit you to optionally store multiple sets of connection values. If, for example, you run multiple environments (development, |