-Before going over how to configure the factories which will take up most the -content of this document, there is one other configuration that needs covered: +Before going over how to configure the factories, which will take up most the +content of this document, you must first consider your database handles and adapters.
+
+A database handle is the name attribute that was used in the
+<database> tag of the schema.xml file. If the name
+attribute is not used, then the handle would be 'default'.
+
+In all examples that follow we will use the handle 'bookstore'. As Torque has +the ability to use multiple databases you can tell it which one to use by +default thus:
+ +
Previously, Torque provided an internal map between many Drivers and a set
of adapter classes which are used to account for differences among databases.
This arrangement is no longer possible using DataSource, so
-the adapter must be given in the configuration. In all examples that follow we
-will use the handle, bookstore. This is the name attribute that is used in the
-<database> tag in the schema.xml. If the name attribute is not used, then
- the handle would be 'default'.
+the adapter must be given in the configuration.
The adapter property is given as: