Database FAQ

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Databases and Moodle

When talking about Moodle and databases there are actually two different kind of things which can be meant:

1. the Moodle activity named Database
2. the database on your server where Moodle stores all its content

Database module (activity)

See

• Database module
• Database module FAQ
• Database module forum

Moodle database

• Development:Database Schema - The files available here are in DBDesigner4 format. DBDesigner4 is a schema drawing program released under GPL.
• Development:Database schema introduction
• Create Moodle site database
• "Database abstraction layers and Moodle" from Christopher Douce's blog (Open University)
• Moodle database design issues I'd like to tackle/see tackled in the Moodle forum.

XMLDB

XMLDB stores the database definition in an XML format that can be used to install Moodle on any database.

• Development:XMLDB Documentation
• Category:XMLDB

Different kinds of databases

• MySQL
• MSSQL, see Installing MSSQL for PHP
• Oracle, see Installing Oracle for PHP
• PostgreSQL

See also:

• Guidelines for contributors: Creating new pages