Title: Multiple databases
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Multiple databases

 *  [JacobALund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jacobalund/)
 * (@jacobalund)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-databases-5/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve already read the article about how to use the plugin for multiple databases.
   However, I can’t seems to figure it out.
    What I need, is for my visitors to 
   be able to sign-up for events using the plugin. I then need to be able to see
   whom and how many signed up for a specific event. The formula will be the same
   for every event. Therefore, it’s actually quite simple. How do I do that? How
   do I see who signed up for what event? I know that I need to use the [pdb_list]-
   shortcode, but it doesn’t show anything when I post it on a page.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-databases-5/#post-5448572)
 * The plugin does not do this kind of thing very well: the two types of data (visitors,
   events) are too different to be efficiently handled by the plugin. Have you looked
   for a plugin that is designed to manage events and attendees?
 *  Thread Starter [JacobALund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jacobalund/)
 * (@jacobalund)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-databases-5/#post-5448601)
 * Thank you for the answer!
 * Yes, I have looked for such plugin, but I haven’t really been able to find any.
   I am currently using The Events Calendar but there is no sign-up form within 
   that plugin. What I really need is for users to sign-up for the events, and then
   for their info to be stored so I can see who signed up for every event. It’s 
   actually quite simple, I just don’t seem to be able to find any plugins that 
   can do that.
 * Do you have any suggestions?
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-databases-5/#post-5448604)
 * OK, well, the problem is how to keep track of the events each user has signed
   up for. Now, if you have one event/one signup this is simplified, and is probably
   the way to go. If you’re hoping for one signup/multiple events…that’s going to
   be a lot more complicated.
 * Let’s say you’re going for the first option. You’ll need to be pretty familiar
   with PHP and working with templates. You’d add a signup form to the calendar 
   plugin event template. Each signup form would include a field that identifies
   which event it is…then, when someone signs up that event identifier would be 
   included in the record. After that, its a fairly simple matter of filtering the
   Participants Database list output to show all records for that one event.
 * If you don’t have the coding skills, you’ll probably need to get some help to
   make this work.
 *  [Pseudostave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pseudostave/)
 * (@pseudostave)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-databases-5/#post-5448648)
 * Jacob- Event espresso works well for us…

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-databases-5/#post-5448648)
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