# Database to database writing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-to-database-writing/4567>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 4, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-to-database-writing/4567 "2012-06-04T09:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![SamJaimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@SamJaimes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SamJaimes)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-to-database-writing/4567/1 "2012-06-04T09:04:41Z")

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Something be very useful in Ignition would be the posibility to use a transaction group to read from a data base and write directly in another database (not having to write first in a tag). The same with PLC to PLC.

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-to-database-writing/4567/2 "2012-06-04T14:59:48Z")

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Yes, we have plans for both a PLC to PLC and DB to DB group.