Foreign database

hi there
how do I connect to a foreign data base?

thanks

http://rtfm.modx.com/xpdo/2.x/getting-started/using-your-xpdo-model/database-connections-and-xpdo

The fastest method (in terms of performance) would be to move the tables from the foreign DB into the MODX database and use xPDO as Susan suggests. http://bobsguides.com/custom-db-tables.html. That may not be practical, though, if you're not the database owner.

In that case, if it's a MySQL DB, you could try RowBoat: http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/rowboat.