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1.6 resource models in a nutshell 1: Complete rewrite, core resource model class prefixes now seem to be
<class-prefix>_Resource1.6 resource models in a nutshell 2: Fallback to old resource models if rewrite is defined (supported via
<deprecatedNode>)1.6 resource models in a nutshell 3: MySQL specifics removed, new resource helpers contain the RDBMS specific code
1.6 resource models in a nutshell 4: The RDBMS resource helpers live at
<resource path>/Helper/$type.php
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