ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
I thought it was bad enough that Microsoft had 15 squillion methods to talk
to databases. Now we have another one to look at!
>From: Carl Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [DUG-DB]: BDE RIP
>Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:16:31 +1000
>
>From
>http://www.delphidevelopernewsletter.com/dd/DDMag.nsf/WebIndexByIssue/B8FC16
>D8103A3760852568F600559A83?opendocument
>
>(talking about dbCLX for Linux)
>"The combination of dbCLX and dbDirect replaces the BDE (Borland Database
>Engine), which will not be available for Linux. The BDE is heavy with lots
>of DLLs and difficult to install, but the new dbDirect will be
>lightweight."
>
>"Since the new dbDirect technology allows for a much simpler and faster
>path
>to remote databases, we should expect a very noticeable performance
>increase
>when using dbCLX and dbDirect over the BDE."
>
>"The new dbDirect is a cross-platform database driver API. It's the
>successor to the SQL-Links interface that was used by the BDE to connect to
>SQL database servers. The old SQL-Link drivers are being rewritten into
>dbDirect drivers. There will be support for Interbase, MySQL (an important
>Linux database server), and other major SQL database servers. Since
>dbDirect
>is designed to be cross-platform, it will migrate into Delphi 6."
>
>Cheers,
>Carl
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