diff -Naur database/lang/en/enrol_database.php database-elliot/lang/en/enrol_database.php
--- database/lang/en/enrol_database.php	2011-01-05 14:08:50.000000000 +0000
+++ database-elliot/lang/en/enrol_database.php	2011-01-04 21:15:58.000000000 +0000
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 $string['newcoursefullname'] = 'New course full name field';
 $string['newcourseidnumber'] = 'New course ID number field';
 $string['newcourseshortname'] = 'New course short name field';
+$string['newcoursesummary'] = 'New course summary field';
 $string['pluginname'] = 'External database';
 $string['pluginname_desc'] = 'You can use an external database (of nearly any kind) to control your enrolments. It is assumed your external database contains at least a field containing a course ID, and a field containing a user ID. These are compared against fields that you choose in the local course and user tables.';
 $string['remotecoursefield'] = 'Remote course field';
diff -Naur database/lib.php database-elliot/lib.php
--- database/lib.php	2011-01-05 14:08:50.000000000 +0000
+++ database-elliot/lib.php	2011-01-04 21:32:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@
         $table     = $this->get_config('newcoursetable');
         $fullname  = strtolower($this->get_config('newcoursefullname'));
         $shortname = strtolower($this->get_config('newcourseshortname'));
+        $summary = strtolower($this->get_config('newcoursesummary'));
         $idnumber  = strtolower($this->get_config('newcourseidnumber'));
         $category  = strtolower($this->get_config('newcoursecategory'));
 
@@ -523,6 +524,9 @@
         if ($idnumber) {
             $sqlfields[] = $idnumber;
         }
+        if ($summary) {
+            $sqlfields[] = $summary;
+        }
         $sql = $this->db_get_sql($table, array(), $sqlfields);
         $createcourses = array();
         if ($rs = $extdb->Execute($sql)) {
@@ -550,6 +554,7 @@
                     $course = new stdClass();
                     $course->fullname  = $fields[$fullname];
                     $course->shortname = $fields[$shortname];
+                    $course->summary = $fields[$summary];
                     $course->idnumber  = $idnumber ? $fields[$idnumber] : NULL;
                     $course->category  = $category ? $fields[$category] : NULL;
                     $createcourses[] = $course;
@@ -572,6 +577,7 @@
                     unset($template->id);
                     unset($template->fullname);
                     unset($template->shortname);
+                    unset($template->summary);
                     unset($template->idnumber);
                 } else {
                     $template = new stdClass();
@@ -589,6 +595,7 @@
                 $newcourse = clone($template);
                 $newcourse->fullname  = $fields->fullname;
                 $newcourse->shortname = $fields->shortname;
+                $newcourse->summary = $fields->summary;
                 $newcourse->idnumber  = $fields->idnumber;
                 $newcourse->category  = $fields->category ? $fields->category : $defaultcategory;
 
diff -Naur database/settings.php database-elliot/settings.php
--- database/settings.php	2011-01-05 14:08:50.000000000 +0000
+++ database-elliot/settings.php	2011-01-04 21:26:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcoursefullname', get_string('newcoursefullname', 'enrol_database'), '', 'fullname'));
 
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcourseshortname', get_string('newcourseshortname', 'enrol_database'), '', 'shortname'));
+    
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcoursesummary', get_string('newcoursesummary', 'enrol_database'), '', ''));
 
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcourseidnumber', get_string('newcourseidnumber', 'enrol_database'), '', 'idnumber'));