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Christoph Wurst 8cb613ff7b Give devs a hint that it's their last chance ditch database.xml
It looks like 22 will drop the database.xml support alltogether, so
let's motivate devs for the mgiration if they haven't done already.

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.. _database-xml:
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Database schema (deprecated)
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.. warning:: Using the database.xml schema file is deprecated.
You should migrate to using :ref:`Database Migrations <app_db_migrations>`.
.. sectionauthor:: Bernhard Posselt <dev@bernhard-posselt.com>
Nextcloud uses a database abstraction layer on top of either PDO, depending on the availability of PDO on the server.
The database schema is inside :file:`appinfo/database.xml` in MDB2's `XML scheme notation <http://www.wiltonhotel.com/_ext/pear/docs/MDB2/docs/xml_schema_documentation.html>`_ where the placeholders \*dbprefix* (\*PREFIX* in your SQL) and \*dbname* can be used for the configured database table prefix and database name.
An example database XML file would look like this:
.. code-block:: xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<database>
<name>*dbname*</name>
<create>true</create>
<overwrite>false</overwrite>
<charset>utf8</charset>
<table>
<name>*dbprefix*yourapp_items</name>
<declaration>
<field>
<name>id</name>
<type>integer</type>
<default>0</default>
<notnull>true</notnull>
<autoincrement>1</autoincrement>
<length>4</length>
</field>
<field>
<name>user</name>
<type>text</type>
<notnull>true</notnull>
<length>64</length>
</field>
<field>
<name>name</name>
<type>text</type>
<notnull>true</notnull>
<length>100</length>
</field>
<field>
<name>path</name>
<type>clob</type>
<notnull>true</notnull>
</field>
</declaration>
</table>
</database>
To update the tables used by the app, simply adjust the database.xml file and increase the app version number in :file:`appinfo/info.xml` to trigger an update.