External database enrolment

You may use a external database (of nearly any kind) to control your enrolments. It is assumed your external database contains a field containing a course ID, and a field containing a user ID. These are compared against fields that you choose in the local course and user tables.

Supported data sources

• access
• ado
• mssql
• borland_ibase
• csv
• db2
• fbsql
• firebird
• ibase
• informix72
• informix
• mysql
• mysqlt
• oci805
• oci8
• oci8po
• odbc
• odbc_mssql
• odbc_oracle
• oracle
• postgres64
• postgres7
• postgres
• proxy
• sqlanywhere
• sybase
• vfp

External database enrolment happens at the moment when a user logs into Moodle. An easy way of checking how it's working is to try logging in as a student. External database enrolment also manages unenrolment.

See also

• Using Moodle MySQL enrolment plugin doesn't seem to work forum discussion