Re: Delphi vs Developper 2000 1.2

jeff brown <jabrown_at_cris.com> wrote:

>I have also heard of two benefits of Delphi (at least in the
>Client/Server edition:
 

>1 - Real-time source data connections during development
> (ie see your data in development phase)

True

>2 - NATIVE Oracle driver (no ODBC, no SQLNet)

False. Delphi uses a middleware layer called the BDE (Borland Database Engine). This in turn uses a Borland proprietry driver for the various back end databases that it supports. In the case of the link to Oracle, the driver talks to SQLNet.

>Has anyone used these features? Any comments?

It all works very nicely. The SQLNet part is important. There is no point in Borland trying to replace SQLNet as they would be continually updating their replacement to keep up with changes that Oracle makes.

BTW, the ODBC drivers also talk to SQLNt, not directly onto the transport.

Wade Received on Fri Feb 23 1996 - 00:00:00 CET