dbExpress Driver for InterBase and Firebird Overview

dbExpress is a database-independent layer that defines common interface to provide fast access to InterBase and Firebird from Delphi and C++Builder, including Community Edition, on Windows and macOS (32-bit and 64-bit) and Linux (64-bit) platforms. For these servers, dbExpress provides a driver as an independent library that implements the common dbExpress interface for processing queries and stored procedures. As data-access layer is thin and simple, dbExpress provides high performance database connectivity and is easy to deploy. You can use our driver in the same way as the one supplied by Embarcadero.

dbExpress driver for InterBase and Firebird provides access to InterBase and Firebird databases. It directly uses InterBase client software to connect to server. The driver requires InterBase client to be installed on the client side.

Native Connectivity to InterBase and Firebird

DB applications based on dbExpress drivers are easy to deploy, do not require installation of other data provider layers (such as BDE or ODBC), and that's why they can work faster than the ones based on standard Delphi data connectivity solutions.

Cross-Platform Solution for Delphi and C++Builder

dbExpress driver for InterBase and Firebird is a cross-platform solution for developing applications using various IDEs: RAD Studio, Delphi, C++Builder on Windows and macOS (x86 and x64) and Linux (x64) platforms. dbExpress driver for InterBase and Firebird also provides support for the FireMonkey platform, which allows you to develop visually spectacular high-performance native applications for Windows and macOS.

Key Features

Performance

All our components and libraries are designed to help you write high-performance, lightweight data access layers, therefore they use advanced data access algorithms and techniques of optimization.

Database Compatibility

Our product supports InterBase server versions 4.2 up to 2020, and Firebird 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 4.x.

64-bit Development

dbExpress driver for InterBase and Firebird doesn't limit your choice of the development platform. Now you can develop for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms with Delphi.

Monitoring

Use our freeware dbMonitor tool to monitor and analyze all the DB calls made by your application using dbExpress driver for InterBase and Firebird. dbMonitor performs percomponent tracing of SQL statement execution, commits, rollbacks, etc.

IDE Compatibility

Our product is compatible with the latest IDE versions and editions including Community Edition: Embarcadero RAD Studio 12 Athens, Delphi 12 Athens, C++ Builder 12 Athens, Lazarus (and FPC). It is also compatible with the previous IDE versions since Delphi 6 and C++Builder 6.

Development Platforms

Major Delphi GUI frameworks supported: develop VCL applications for Windows or FMX applications for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Support

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