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Being able to use JDatabase is vital when you start developing for Joomla | Being able to use JDatabase is vital when you start developing for Joomla. The tutorial is split into two independent parts: | ||
* [[Inserting, Updating and Removing data using JDatabase|Inserting, updating and removing data from the database]]. | * [[Inserting, Updating and Removing data using JDatabase|Inserting, updating and removing data from the database]]. | ||
* [[Selecting data using JDatabase|Selecting data from one or more tables]] and retrieving it in a variety of different forms.Note: If you are looking for practical information about accessing the database in the old 1.5 document you need to look at this part of the tutorial. | * [[Selecting data using JDatabase|Selecting data from one or more tables]] and retrieving it in a variety of different forms. Note: If you are looking for practical information about accessing the database in the old 1.5 document, you need to look at this part of the tutorial. | ||
==Advanced information== | ==Advanced information== | ||
Revision as of 23:06, 30 October 2013
This tutorial is for Joomla! CMS Version(s) 
Useful information
Being able to use JDatabase is vital when you start developing for Joomla. The tutorial is split into two independent parts:
- Inserting, updating and removing data from the database.
- Selecting data from one or more tables and retrieving it in a variety of different forms. Note: If you are looking for practical information about accessing the database in the old 1.5 document, you need to look at this part of the tutorial.
Advanced information
This tutorial looks at how to use transactions with JDatabase (available since 
only):
Supported Storage Connectors
The table below outlines the database and storage connectors available for Joomla! as well as which version of Joomla they became available in.
To make a connector available in Joomla's installer or global configuration manager, you will need to ensure the PHP library is installed (E.g. for PHP5 and MySQL the php5-mysql library would need to be installed).
| Database | Joomla Versions | Joomla DB |
|---|---|---|
| MySQL |   |
Yes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | |
Yes |
| Microsoft SQL Azure | |
Yes |
| Postgresql | |
Yes |
| Oracle DB | |
No |
| SQL Lite | |
No |
| PHP Data Objects (PDO)* | |
No |
- PHP Data Objects is a database abstraction layer and is shipped with PHP 5.1+.