Ticket #11356: 3rd_party_backends.diff

docs/topics/install.txt

@@ -61 +61 @@
 Get your database running
 =========================
 
-If you plan to use Django's database API functionality, you'll need to
-make sure a database server is running. Django works with PostgreSQL_,
-MySQL_, Oracle_ and SQLite_ (although SQLite doesn't require a separate server
-to be running).
+If you plan to use Django's database API functionality, you'll need to make
+sure a database server is running. Django supports many different database
+servers and is officially supported with PostgreSQL_, MySQL_, Oracle_ and
+SQLite_ (although SQLite doesn't require a separate server to be running).
 
+In addition to the officially supported database backends there are also a
+number of unofficial backends made available by 3rd parties. Note that these
+backends are not supported by the Django project itself. This list is provided
+as a convenience only.
+
+* `Sybase SQL Anywhere`_
+* `IBM DB2`_
+
 Additionally, you'll need to make sure your Python database bindings are
 installed.
 
@@ -111 +119 @@
 .. _pysqlite: http://pysqlite.org/
 .. _cx_Oracle: http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net/
 .. _Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/
+.. _Sybase SQL Anywhere: http://code.google.com/p/sqlany-django/
+.. _IBM DB2: http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/
 
 .. _removing-old-versions-of-django:
 

docs/ref/databases.txt

@@ -601 +601 @@
     Oracle. A workaround to this is to keep ``TextField`` columns out of any
     models that you foresee performing ``distinct()`` queries on, and to
     include the ``TextField`` in a related model instead.
+
+.. _third-party-notes:
+
+Using a 3rd-party database backend
+==================================
+
+In addition to the officially supported database backends there are
+also a number of unofficial backends made available by 3rd
+parties. Specific notes for configuring these backends may be found at
+the project pages themselves. Note that these backends are not
+supported by the Django project itself. 
+
+* `Sybase SQL Anywhere`_
+* `IBM DB2`_
+
+.. _Sybase SQL Anywhere: http://code.google.com/p/sqlany-django/
+.. _IBM DB2: http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/