Accessing the database using JDatabase
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Useful information[edit]
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.
Advanced information[edit]
This tutorial looks at how to use transactions with JDatabase (available since 
only):
This tutorial looks at how to use the union methods in JDatabaseQuery (available in working form since 
only):
Supported Storage Connectors[edit]
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 (In and higher only via the PDO library for postgres)
|
| 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+.