Difference between revisions of "DatabaseConnection form field type"

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<field name="dbtype" type="databaseconnection"
 
<field name="dbtype" type="databaseconnection"
label="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_DATABASE_TYPE_LABEL"
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label="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_DATABASE_TYPE_LABEL"
description="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_DATABASE_TYPE_DESC"
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description="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_DATABASE_TYPE_DESC"
supported="mysql,mysqli,postgresql,sqlsrv,sqlazure"
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supported="mysql,mysqli,postgresql,sqlsrv,sqlazure"
filter="string" />
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filter="string" />
 
</source>
 
</source>
  
 
[[Category:Standard form field types]]
 
[[Category:Standard form field types]]

Revision as of 10:19, 15 September 2013

Provides a list of available database connections, optionally limiting to a given list.

  • name (mandatory) is the unique name of the parameter.
  • type (mandatory) must be contentlanguage.
  • label (mandatory) (translatable) is the descriptive title of the field.
  • description (optional) (translatable) tooltip for the form field.


Example XML Definition

<field name="dbtype" type="databaseconnection"
	label="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_DATABASE_TYPE_LABEL"
	description="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_DATABASE_TYPE_DESC"
	supported="mysql,mysqli,postgresql,sqlsrv,sqlazure"
	filter="string" />