diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c702fa6..25836ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 A dokuwiki plugin for processing query to MySQL databases and display results as a table.
 
 This is a improved version which cann connect to different hosts
-and databases. The default host and database is set in the plugin
-configuration.
-Different hosts and databases can be set inside the tag:
+and databases. The defaults are set in the plugin configuration.
+Different types, hosts and databases can be set inside the tag:
 ```
-<sql host=myhost db=mydb>
+<sql type=mysql host=myhost db=mydb>
 SELECT foo FROM bar ORDER BY baz
 <sql>
 ```
diff --git a/conf/default.php b/conf/default.php
index 5ba9faa..d8e33f6 100644
--- a/conf/default.php
+++ b/conf/default.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 //$conf['fixme']    = 'FIXME';
 
+$conf['type'] = 'mysql';
 $conf['Host'] = 'localhost';
 $conf['DB'] = '';
 $conf['user'] = '';
diff --git a/conf/metadata.php b/conf/metadata.php
index 2f183c1..b32eb9e 100644
--- a/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/conf/metadata.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * @author George Pirogov <i1557@yandex.ru>
  */
 
-
+$meta['type'] = array('multichoice', '_choices' => array('mysql', 'dblib'));
 $meta['Host'] = array('string');
 $meta['DB'] = array('string');
 $meta['user'] = array('string');
diff --git a/lang/de/settings.php b/lang/de/settings.php
index 4db9d53..202e191 100644
--- a/lang/de/settings.php
+++ b/lang/de/settings.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 // keys need to match the config setting name
 
+$lang['type'] = 'DSN-Prefix (Datenbanktyp)';
 $lang['Host'] = 'Standard MySQL-Serveradresse (DNS or IP)';
 $lang['DB'] = 'Standard MySQL-Datenbankname';
 $lang['user'] = 'Datenbankbenutzername';
diff --git a/lang/en/settings.php b/lang/en/settings.php
index 61daf96..476f0de 100644
--- a/lang/en/settings.php
+++ b/lang/en/settings.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 // keys need to match the config setting name
 // $lang['fixme'] = 'FIXME';
 
+$lang['type'] = 'DSN prefix (database type)';
 $lang['Host'] = 'Default MySQL server address (DNS or IP)';
 $lang['DB'] = 'MySQL database name';
 $lang['user'] = 'Database username';
diff --git a/lang/ru/settings.php b/lang/ru/settings.php
index 00669a1..8407be5 100644
--- a/lang/ru/settings.php
+++ b/lang/ru/settings.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 // keys need to match the config setting name
 // $lang['fixme'] = 'FIXME';
 
+$lang['type'] = 'Префикс DSN (тип базы данных)';
 $lang['Host'] = 'Адрес MySQL сервера по умолчанию (DNS или IP)';
 $lang['DB'] = 'Имя базы данных MySQL по умолчанию';
 $lang['user'] = 'Логин';
diff --git a/syntax.php b/syntax.php
index f379b68..7bc0c75 100644
--- a/syntax.php
+++ b/syntax.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class syntax_plugin_sqlquery extends DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin {
 
     public function connectTo($mode)
     {
-        $this->Lexer->addSpecialPattern('<sql\b(?:\s+(?:host|db)=[\w\-\.$]+?)*\s*>(?:.*?</sql>)', $mode, 'plugin_sqlquery');
+        $this->Lexer->addSpecialPattern('<sql\b(?:\s+(?:host|db|type)=[\w\-\.$]+?)*\s*>(?:.*?</sql>)', $mode, 'plugin_sqlquery');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class syntax_plugin_sqlquery extends DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin {
     public function handle($match, $state, $pos, Doku_Handler $handler) {
         $data = array('state' => $state);
         if ($state == DOKU_LEXER_SPECIAL) {
+            # get type (DSN prefix)
+            if (preg_match('/<sql\b.*type=(mysql|dblib)/', $match, $result)) {
+                $data['type'] = $result[1];
+            } else {
+                $data['type'] = $this->getConf('type');
+            }
             # get host
             if (preg_match('/<sql\b.*host=([\w\-\.$]+)/', $match, $result)) {
                 $data['host'] = $result[1];
@@ -79,7 +85,7 @@ class syntax_plugin_sqlquery extends DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin {
         $password = $this->getConf('password');
 
         // connect to database
-        $dsn = "mysql:host={$data['host']};dbname={$data[db]}";
+        $dsn = "{$data['type']}:host={$data['host']};dbname={$data[db]}";
         try {
             $dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
         } catch (PDOException $e) {