I have an alternate database (the one I\'d really like to use instead of the tables I moved to TYPO3). That is full of the information I want on my view. Is it possible to pull
You will need to install the system extension dbal. It comes with a manual: http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/extensions/dbal/latest/
dbal
This will allow you to use a different database additionally to the main database.