Yes and No. Starter Edition does not include DBExpress, only InterbaseExpress so you cannot use DBExpress to talk to MySQL. As the name suggests, you can only use InterbaseExpress with Interbase databases.
However, you can still of course use ADO, ODBC or 3rd party DB Connectivity libraries (just not 3rd party DBExpress drivers), just as you always had this option with BDE versions of Delphi that did not include (and prevented the use of) SQL Links drivers for client/server DB's or DBExpress versions of drivers that did not include (and prevented the use of) the equivalent DBExpress drivers. So yes, you can use MySQL with Delphi Starter, but you'll have to use ADO or some other MySQL component library to do it. But no, Starter edition does not come with *anything* in the box that will enabled you do to this as easily as you could with Interbase. (note: it doesn't even include dbGO, but you can still use ADO directly or using some other ADO wrapper library) -----Original Message----- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Paul A Norman Sent: Wednesday, 9 March 2011 16:11 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition Hi Malcolm, Looking through the feature matrix, I was not sure, can Delphi Starter connect to an MySql database on local or other server please? Paul On 31 January 2011 21:06, Malcolm Groves <malcolm.gro...@embarcadero.com> wrote: > http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter > > Cheers > Malcolm > > Malcolm Groves > Senior Director, Asia Pacific and Japan > Embarcadero Technologies > http://www.embarcadero.com > > Phone: +61 416 264 204 > Skype: malcolmgroves > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
