Borland C++Builder™ 6 Developer’s Guide

Chapter 9. Client Datasets and Client Dataset Enhancements

by Mark Cashman

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introduction to Client Dataset Concepts

• Using Basic Client Datasets in the Client/Server Environment

• Improving Performance with Client Datasets

• Using Client Datasets in a Multitier Environment

• Specialized Types of Client Datasets

Client data sets offer capabilities to improve the performance of your client/server and multitier database. In this chapter you will learn about how client data sets work, and how you can use VCL database components to work with them.

Introduction to Client Dataset Concepts

Typical client/server database applications obtain records from a provider across the network (we usually call this a database server). When the client is data intensive, ...