dbExpress Driver for Oracle Overview
dbExpress is a database-independent layer that defines common interface to provide
fast access to Oracle from Delphi and C++Builder on Windows and Mac
OS X for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. For this server, 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 Oracle provides direct high performance access to Oracle database
server. It provides both possibility of connection to Oracle by means of native
Oracle data access and direct access to Oracle without Oracle Client.
Native Connectivity to Oracle
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. Moreover,
dbExpress driver for Oracle provides an additional opportunity to work with Oracle
directly via TCP/IP without involving Oracle Client.
Cross-Platform Solution for Delphi and C++Builder
dbExpress driver for Oracle is a cross-platform solution for developing applications
using various IDEs: RAD Studio, Delphi, C++Builder on Windows and Mac OS X for both
x86 and x64 platforms. dbExpress driver for Oracle also provides support for the
FireMonkey platform, which allows you to develop visually spectacular high-performance
native applications for Windows and Mac OS X.
Key Features
Direct Mode
Allows your application to work with Oracle directly via TCP/IP without involving
Oracle Client, thus significantly facilitating deployment and configuration of your
applications.
DB Compatibility
Our product supports Oracle servers 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i, 8.0, and 7.3, including Oracle
Express Edition 11g and 10g.
64-bit Development
dbExpress driver for Oracle doesn't limit your choice of the development platform.
Now you can develop for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms with Delphi.
Data Type Mapping
If you want to make custom correspondence between Oralce and Delphi data types,
you can use a simple and flexible Data Type Mapping engine provided by dbExpress
driver for Oracle.
IDE Compatibility
Our product is compatible with the latest IDE versions: Embarcadero RAD Studio XE4,
Delphi XE4 and C++Builder XE4. It is also compatible with the previous IDE versions
since Delphi 5 and C++Builder 5.
Development Platforms
Now you can develop not only VCL-based applications in Delphi, but also use the
newest FireMonkey application development platform.
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.
Monitoring
Use our freeware dbMonitor tool to monitor
and analyze all the DB calls made by your application using dbExpress driver for
Oracle. dbMonitor performs percomponent tracing of SQL statement execution,
commits, rollbacks, etc.
Support
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and interaction, frequent builds with bug fixes, and much more.