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This site is up to date and maintained and is a vendor
neutral guide listing database engines, components and programming links for
Borland Delphi, Kylix, and C++ Builder as well as
Turbo Delphi,
Turbo
C++,
Turbo Delphi for .NET, and
Turbo C#.
The successor to the famous BDE Alternatives guide created
by Kyle Cordes.
Need to pick a database engine? Want to search for precisely the
features you want, SQL, full text indexing, blob compression, strong
encryption... Wouldn't it that be an excellent job for COMPUTER
PROGRAM driven by a database. Yes, indeed, it is. Soon, we'll be posting a database selection program- created using
different engines listed on the site!
The BDE Alternatives Guide
How to select a database engine
Free engines
Engines supporting different databases
A word from your webmaster:
Welcome- I've been programming using BDE Alternatives
since Delphi 1.0. I have supervised or personally written over 35
commercial applications using Delphi to connect to databases including MS
Access, BDE Paradox, BDE dBase, Interbase, DB Isam, Topaz, Absolute
Database, MySql, and others. I have also worked on custom projects
that used Code Base, Flash Filer. Finally, I have also used
applications that are based on InterBase, Firebird and Phoenix.
Of late the Borland language communities have lost several
important sites, among them the Delphi Super Page; but, with the
revival of the Turbo line, Borland languages (albeit not under that
name) have been revitalized.
Now that .Net is real and Vista is on the way out to end users,
many Delphi, Turbo Delphi, C++ Builder and Turbo C++ Builder, C#
programmers will need to look into new engines. We are covering new
technologies like dbExpress and BDP.
We will be implementing three new features as soon as we have
reviewed all engines on the original site, and several new ones.
- User reviews
- Discounts- yup. We're going to speak to engine and component
vendors about discounts. And we already have a special offer...
- Components, Active X, Dot Net tools for database development.
This is a crucial junction for developers: with the imminent
release of Microsoft Vista® to
consumers, developers will need to develop strategies for the new OS.
The BDE, or Borland Database Engine®,
has served the programming community well. In the original Microsoft Windows
environment, Delphi® , and later C++® and Kylix® , ran circles around other
programming environments with best in market connectivity to the outstanding
Paradox® and dBase® engines. And the support for SQL was, and still is,
outstanding.
However, after flirting with Inprise®
branding, and releasing Interbase®
as an open source, the Borland language tools deprecated the BDE and now
provide only local Interbase and an in-memory "briefcase." When you review our listing, you will see that we indicate whether or not
the publisher of the engine has verified the listing.
Some of the listings are far more detailed than others; and I have
praised some engines. Your mileage may vary.
We welcome comments- your friendly webmaster To email me: herb AT
bdealternatives.com Herb Kraft
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