ok i have two simple questions.. simple i hope...
1)can anyone tell me a way (or a query) that would retrieve the USERNAME of a person when he logs into my website. i need to retrieve the username and not the name of the person.
2) is there a way for a module to connect to a database other than the joomla database? like i would like to create a table in a new database(on the same server/domain), seperate from the joomla one and access it from a module. is it possible? or do i need to create my table inside the joomla database. the reason for me creating a separate database is coz the table would be updated separately by my admin group and the module would just retrieve them and display it.
well this is my first step into devolving a module. any suggestion would be of great help to me.
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