Multi-database support
One of the great things about Joomla! 3 is that it is database agnostic, and now supports additional database types such as MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL for those that do not want to use MySQL. It is beyond the scope of this book to give step-by-step instructions on how to set up these alternative database types in our development environment, but we will look at what changes are necessary to our component to support the MS SQL Server.
When Joomla! is installed, the available database types that your server (or localhost) supports are shown in the Database Type dropdown.
If you wish to support the Microsoft SQL Server, you will ...
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