Fixed #25687 -- Documented how to add database function support to third-party backends.

Thanks Kristof Claes for the initial patch.
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Adding support in third-party database backends
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If you're using a database backend that uses a different SQL syntax for a
certain function, you can add support for it by monkey patching a new method
onto the function's class.
Let's say we're writing a backend for Microsoft's SQL Server which uses the SQL
``LEN`` instead of ``LENGTH`` for the :class:`~functions.Length` function.
We'll monkey patch a new method called ``as_sqlserver()`` onto the ``Length``
class::
from django.db.models.functions import Length
def sqlserver_length(self, compiler, connection):
return self.as_sql(compiler, connection, function='LEN')
Length.as_sqlserver = sqlserver_length
You can also customize the SQL using the ``template`` parameter of ``as_sql()``.
We use ``as_sqlserver()`` because ``django.db.connection.vendor`` returns
``sqlserver`` for the backend.
Third-party backends can register their functions in the top level
``__init__.py`` file of the backend package or in a top level ``expressions.py``
file (or package) that is imported from the top level ``__init__.py``.
For user projects wishing to patch the backend that they're using, this code
should live in an :meth:`AppConfig.ready()<django.apps.AppConfig.ready>` method.