Moving from BDE to DBX
Robert Love | State of Utah
Agenda
Comparison of BDE to DBX Databases Supported Architecture Components
Tooling Code Conversion Data Conversion
Agenda
Comparison of BDE to DBX Databases Supported Architecture Components
Tooling Code Conversion Data Conversion
Architecture Discussion
BDE
DBX
Application BDE SQL Links (optional)
Native Driver Database
ApplicationDBX
Driver
Native Driver
(optional)Database
Database Support ComparisonBDE DBX
MS SQL Server1 MS SQL Server2
Oracle1 Oracle2
InterBase1 InterBase2
DB21 DB2
Informix1 Informix
Sybase1 Sybase
ODBC ODBC3
- MySQL2, BlackFishSQL, NexusDB3, FireBird3, PostgesSQL3
Paradox, dBase, FoxPro, Access -1 Not Supported since 2002 2 Both Shipping and 3rd Party Driver
3 3rd Party Only
Vendors offering DBX Drivers
Embarcadero http://www.embarcadero.com/products/
rad_studio/
DevArt http://www.devart.com/
NexusDB http://www.nexusdb.com/
Open Source http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-dbexpress/
Most likely many others I have missed
Component ComparisonsBDE DBX
TDatabase & TSession TSqlConnection
TTable TSqlTable
TQuery TSqlQuery
TStoredProc TSqlStoredProc
TNestedTable TClientDataset
TBatchMove -
TDataSetProvider
TClientDataSet
Component ComparisonsBDE DBX
TDatabase & TSession TSqlConnection
TTable TSqlTable
TQuery TSqlQuery
TStoredProc TSqlStoredProc
TNestedTable TClientDataset
TBatchMove -
TDataSetProvider
TClientDataSet
Tools
ComponentConverter
dbxDataPump Demo in D2009 but download off Code
Central! http://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/26288