Joomla! 1.6: Datenbase Changes
Ein Post auf the art of joomla erklärt einige Änderungen im Umgang mit Datenbanken in Joomla! 1.6.
In respond to requests for better future support of other database engines, like MongoDB, MSSQL, et al, Joomla 1.6 introduces a new query builder class that developers can optionally take advantage of. This class allows you to build queries in the order that make sense to you are a developer rather than in the strict SQL format. (…) Joomla 1.6 (has introducde) the jos_extensions table. This table absorbs the jos_components and jos_plugins tables, and adds meta information about all the other installed extension types: modules, templates and plugins.