[Typo3-dev] extension to query external databases

[Patrick Gaumond]

Sven wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> I'm going to relaunch a website with data in external databases. I planning to use that data without inserting the tables into Typo3. My vision is to write an extension to get this data  via php and sql. Is there someone who writes such extension. If so please drop me a line.  
> If  not could someone give me hints how to realize this?

Hint, you can use Custom Tags as describes in the tutorial:
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/de_custom_tags/Tutorials/

Full info on Custom Tags:
http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/search/de_custom_tags/

Patrick