Re: Delphi vs Forms and PowerBuilder

Carlos Recalde (crecalde_at_panix.com) wrote:

: I haven't worked with Delphi extensively, while I have with the CDE toolkit.
: However, some of my associates have worked extensively with Delphi, and they
: report that it is a great development platform. Unfortunately, at this time
: it seems to work best with the Borland database engine (Interbase derivative).
: Access to outside databases is thru ODBC and aparently, while the Borland
 

 I need to check this when I get back to the office, but I think that access to Oracle is via an IDAPI driver, not ODBC. What I can say for sure is that it is very easy and very fast, at least connecting to Oracle 7 on Novell. Easiest connection of any front-end I've tried using.

: staff is doing an excellent job of supporting Delphi, they are not yet
: dedicating a whole lot of effort to outside database access. My understanding
: is that you will need to make absolutely sure to use the exact version of
: SQL*Net that the Borland staff has tested with.

  Don't know about that. Maybe I was just lucky.

: One more thing - If you need to deploy for any non-Windows clients, forget
: Delphi. Borland is quite adamant that they will not port Delphi to any
: other environment anytime soon. Given their current financial condition,
: I think it is wise of them to stick to their strengths.

  I thought I heard rumours about a possible Warp port. No Unix of any stripe, though. Received on Thu Mar 09 1995 - 21:01:53 CET