diff -Naur enrol/database//lang/en/enrol_database.php enrol/database//lang/en/enrol_database.php
--- enrol/database//lang/en/enrol_database.php	2010-07-31 20:01:11.000000000 -0400
+++ enrol/database//lang/en/enrol_database.php	2011-12-14 15:05:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -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 enrol/database//lib.php enrol/database//lib.php
--- enrol/database//lib.php	2011-12-05 19:03:53.000000000 -0500
+++ enrol/database//lib.php	2011-12-14 15:17:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@
         $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'));
 
@@ -538,6 +539,9 @@
         if ($idnumber) {
             $sqlfields[] = $idnumber;
         }
+        if ($summary) {
+            $sqlfields[] = $summary;
+        }
         $sql = $this->db_get_sql($table, array(), $sqlfields);
         $createcourses = array();
         if ($rs = $extdb->Execute($sql)) {
@@ -565,9 +569,11 @@
                     $course = new stdClass();
                     $course->fullname  = $fields[$fullname];
                     $course->shortname = $fields[$shortname];
+                    $course->summary = $summary ? $fields[$summary] : NULL;
                     $course->idnumber  = $idnumber ? $fields[$idnumber] : NULL;
                     $course->category  = $category ? $fields[$category] : NULL;
                     $createcourses[] = $course;
+                    print_r($course);
                 }
             }
             $rs->Close();
@@ -604,6 +610,7 @@
                 $newcourse = clone($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 enrol/database//settings.php enrol/database//settings.php
--- enrol/database//settings.php	2011-12-05 19:03:53.000000000 -0500
+++ enrol/database//settings.php	2011-12-14 15:04:52.000000000 -0500
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcoursetable', get_string('newcoursetable', 'enrol_database'), get_string('newcoursetable_desc', 'enrol_database'), ''));
 
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcoursefullname', get_string('newcoursefullname', 'enrol_database'), '', 'fullname'));
+    
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcoursesummary', get_string('newcoursesummary', 'enrol_database'), '', 'summary'));
 
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('enrol_database/newcourseshortname', get_string('newcourseshortname', 'enrol_database'), '', 'shortname'));