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RAD Studio 2007 Pro - ODBC
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Jonathan
2007-12-19 05:38:08 UTC
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Hi,

Have been considering possibility of upgrading to RAD Studio 2007
Professional from Delphi 5.


Right now the applications I have developed all connect to either SQL
Server 2005 or Oracle 10g via BDE-ODBC


I had a quick look through the comparison sheets but couldn't see
anything there, but will I be able to continue using ODBC connections
in RAD Studio 2007 professional to these databases?


Rgds
Jonathan
Peter Below (TeamB)
2007-12-19 18:35:17 UTC
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Post by Jonathan
Hi,
Have been considering possibility of upgrading to RAD Studio 2007
Professional from Delphi 5.
Right now the applications I have developed all connect to either SQL
Server 2005 or Oracle 10g via BDE-ODBC
I had a quick look through the comparison sheets but couldn't see
anything there, but will I be able to continue using ODBC connections
in RAD Studio 2007 professional to these databases?
The BDE is still present, although it is not developed further. You
should have no problems with your existing code.
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Brion L. Webster
2007-12-24 17:09:37 UTC
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Post by Peter Below (TeamB)
Post by Jonathan
I had a quick look through the comparison sheets but couldn't see
anything there, but will I be able to continue using ODBC connections
in RAD Studio 2007 professional to these databases?
The BDE is still present, although it is not developed further. You
should have no problems with your existing code.
If I remember correctly, new installs on a blank computer no longer
install SQL Links or what have you, so the ODBC driver may not be present.
You may have to install the older BDE then upgrade it with RAD Studio 2007.
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-Brion

There's no such thing as 'one, true way;'
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Jono
2007-12-25 00:14:51 UTC
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On Dec 24, 5:09 pm, "Brion L. Webster"
Post by Brion L. Webster
Post by Peter Below (TeamB)
Post by Jonathan
I had a quick look through the comparison sheets but couldn't see
anything there, but will I be able to continue using ODBC connections
in RAD Studio 2007 professional to these databases?
The BDE is still present, although it is not developed further. You
should have no problems with your existing code.
If I remember correctly, new installs on a blank computer no longer
install SQL Links or what have you, so the ODBC driver may not be present.
  You may have to install the older BDE then upgrade it with RAD Studio 2007.
--
-Brion
There's no such thing as 'one, true way;'
- Mercedes Lackey
Brion, Thanks for this info. as it happens I am not using SQL Links
so this isn't an issue but appreciate the response.

I have been using the ODBC drivers supplied by Microsoft or Oracle
accordingly via the BDE to make database connections which has been
reliable for what it has been used for so far. So based on the fact
that the BDE is supplied with RAD Studio should mean I can maintain my
current connection methods.

Rgds
Jonathan

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