dbExpress Components

All the dbExpress components appear on the dbExpress tab of the Component Palette.

TSQLConnection

For those who have done BDE development, the TSQLConnection will appear very similar to the TDatabase component. In fact, the purpose is the same in that they both encapsulate the database connection. It is through the TSQLConnection that dbExpress datasets access server data.

TSQLConnection relies on two configuration files, dbxdrivers.ini and dbxconnections.ini. These files are installed to the “\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\DbExpress” directory. dbxdrivers.ini contains a listing of all dbExpress supported drivers and driver specific settings. Dbxconnections.ini contains a listing of “named connections”—which can ...

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