[support] Connecting to external databases

[Ivan Sergio Borgonovo]

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:31:42 -0500
Bob Smither <Smither at C-C-I.com> wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> I am using D5 and want to display records from an external (to
> Drupal, i.e. not the database that stores the Drupal information)
> data table. Can someone point me to how to do this?  What modules
> might be handy?  I know a little about CCK but don't see how to
> connect the fields created there with another data table.

http://api.drupal.org/api/function/db_set_active/5

http://drupal.org/node/30442

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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
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