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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<XMLDB PATH="blocks/db" VERSION="20060807" COMMENT="XMLDB file for Moodle block tables">
+  <TABLES>
+    <TABLE NAME="block" COMMENT="to store installed blocks" NEXT="block_instance">
+      <FIELDS>
+        <FIELD NAME="id" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" SEQUENCE="true" ENUM="false" NEXT="name"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="name" TYPE="char" LENGTH="40" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="id" NEXT="version"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="version" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="name" NEXT="cron"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="cron" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="version" NEXT="lastcron"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="lastcron" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="cron" NEXT="visible"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="visible" TYPE="int" LENGTH="1" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="false" DEFAULT="1" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="lastcron" NEXT="multiple"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="multiple" TYPE="int" LENGTH="1" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="false" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="visible"/>
+      </FIELDS>
+      <KEYS>
+        <KEY NAME="primary" TYPE="primary" FIELDS="id" COMMENT="Primary key for block"/>
+      </KEYS>
+    </TABLE>
+    <TABLE NAME="block_instance" COMMENT="to store block instances in pages" PREVIOUS="block" NEXT="block_pinned">
+      <FIELDS>
+        <FIELD NAME="id" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" SEQUENCE="true" ENUM="false" NEXT="blockid"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="blockid" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="id" NEXT="pageid"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="pageid" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="blockid" NEXT="pagetype"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="pagetype" TYPE="char" LENGTH="20" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="pageid" NEXT="position"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="position" TYPE="char" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="pagetype" NEXT="weight"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="weight" TYPE="int" LENGTH="3" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="false" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="position" NEXT="visible"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="visible" TYPE="int" LENGTH="1" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="false" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="weight" NEXT="configdata"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="configdata" TYPE="text" LENGTH="small" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="visible"/>
+      </FIELDS>
+      <KEYS>
+        <KEY NAME="primary" TYPE="primary" FIELDS="id"/>
+      </KEYS>
+      <INDEXES>
+        <INDEX NAME="pageid" UNIQUE="false" FIELDS="pageid" NEXT="pagetype"/>
+        <INDEX NAME="pagetype" UNIQUE="false" FIELDS="pagetype" PREVIOUS="pageid"/>
+      </INDEXES>
+    </TABLE>
+    <TABLE NAME="block_pinned" COMMENT="to pin blocks" PREVIOUS="block_instance">
+      <FIELDS>
+        <FIELD NAME="id" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" SEQUENCE="true" ENUM="false" NEXT="blockid"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="blockid" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="true" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="id" NEXT="pagetype"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="pagetype" TYPE="char" LENGTH="20" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="blockid" NEXT="position"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="position" TYPE="char" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="pagetype" NEXT="weight"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="weight" TYPE="int" LENGTH="3" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="false" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="position" NEXT="visible"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="visible" TYPE="int" LENGTH="1" NOTNULL="true" UNSIGNED="false" DEFAULT="0" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="weight" NEXT="configdata"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="configdata" TYPE="text" LENGTH="small" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" ENUM="false" PREVIOUS="visible"/>
+      </FIELDS>
+      <KEYS>
+        <KEY NAME="primary" TYPE="primary" FIELDS="id" COMMENT="Primary key for block_pinned" NEXT="blockid"/>
+        <KEY NAME="blockid" TYPE="foreign" FIELDS="blockid" REFTABLE="block" REFFIELDS="id" PREVIOUS="primary"/>
+      </KEYS>
+      <INDEXES>
+        <INDEX NAME="pagetype" UNIQUE="false" FIELDS="pagetype"/>
+      </INDEXES>
+    </TABLE>
+  </TABLES>
+</XMLDB>
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