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November 14, 2011 4:50pm
Subscribe [2]#1 / Nov 14, 2011 4:50pm
First off, is this possible?
the database.php file contains the database name,
$db['expressionengine']['database'] = "mydatabase";Can i somehow pipe databases?
The reason for this is that i need to run a query that checks when the table was last updated. For that, i need EE to have access to information_schema.tables.
Anyone have any ideas?
#2 / Nov 15, 2011 9:40am
Hi iPixel,
ExpressionEngine itself only connects to one database at a time with its native configuration, but it appears that you could write your own EE add-on and give it the ability to connect to a different database than the one used by your EE installation.
Does the conversation in that thread help get you pointed in the right direction?
#3 / Nov 15, 2011 9:55am
Perfect examples, thank you very much… this will definitely resolve my issue.
#4 / Nov 17, 2011 7:21pm
No problem! If we can help again in the future, please don’t hesitate to let us know.