consulta sql

$listquery = 'SELECT `id`,`username`, `password`, `authMethod`'
. ' FROM `tableName` WHERE 1;

/* object */

$db =& JFactory::getDBO();

$db->setQuery( $objquery );

$db->loadObject();


/* object list */

$db =& JFactory::getDBO();

$db->setQuery( $listquery );

$db->loadObjectList();