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diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index 99e2df91a..0a757ca58 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -860,6 +860,26 @@ available from: \subsection{Relational Database Support} \label{sec:relationaldatabase} +\subsubsection{Preliminary steps} +\label{sec:relationaldatabasecompilation} + +If you have installed ejabberd using a binary version, the compilation steps +are not needed as they have already been done correctly. + +Otherwise, to be able to use ejabberd with a relational database you need to +enable ODBC modules during compilation, even if you want to use ejabberd with +MySQL or PostgreSQL in native mode. The following \term{configure} command can +be used to enable the relational modules: +\begin{verbatim} +./configure --enable-odbc +\end{verbatim} + +If you are planning to use Microsoft SQL Server with ODBC, you need to specify +it from the \term{configure} command before compilation: +\begin{verbatim} +./configure --enable-odbc --enable-mssql +\end{verbatim} + \subsubsection{Authentication against a relational database} \label{sec:relationaldatabaseauth} |