Component List

This topic presents a brief description of the components included in the InterBase Data Access Components library. Click on the name of each component for more information. These components are added to the IBDAC page of the Component palette except for TCRBatchMove and TVirtualTable components. TCRBatchMove and TVirtualTable components are added to the Data Access page of the Component palette.

Basic IBDAC components

	TIBCConnection	Sets and controls connection to InterBase database.
	TIBCTransaction	Provides discrete transaction control over database connections.
	TIBCQuery	Uses SQL statements to retrieve data from InterBase table or tables. Single SELECT statement may be adequately used to generate missing INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE statements.
	TIBCSQL	Executes SQL statements and stored procedures, which do not return rowsets.
	TIBCTable	Lets you retrieve and update data in a single table without writing SQL statements.
	TIBCStoredProc	Executes stored procedures and functions, allows to edit cursor data returned as parameter.
	TIBCUpdateSQL	Lets you tune update operations for a DataSet component.
	TIBCDataSource	Provides an interface between an IBDAC dataset components and data-aware controls on a form.
	TIBCScript	Executes sequences of SQL statements.
	TIBCSQLMonitor	Use to monitor dynamic SQL execution in IBDAC based applications.
	TIBCConnectDialog	Used to build custom prompts for username, password and server name.
	TVirtualTable	Dataset that stores data in memory. This component is placed on the Data Access page of the Component palette.
	TVirtualDataSet	Dataset that processes arbitrary non-tabular data.

IBDAC Professional Edition components

	TIBCEncryptor	Represents data encryption and decryption in client application.
	TIBCLoader	Allows to load external data into the database table.
	TIBCAlerter	Use to transfer messages between connections.
	TIBCMetaData	Retrieves metadata on specified SQL object.
	TIBCServerProperties	Returns database server information, including configuration parameters, and also version and license information.
	TIBCConfigService	Configures database parameters.
	TIBCLicensingService	Adds or removes InterBase software activation certificates.
	TIBCLogService	Returns the contents of the interbase.log file from server.
	TIBCStatisticalService	Shows database statistics.
	TIBCValidationService	Validates a database and reconciles database transactions.
	TIBCSecurityService	Used to manage user access to the InterBase server.
	TIBCTraceService	Used for working with trace service added in Firebird 2.5.
	TIBCBackupService	Used to backup a database.
	TIBCRestoreService	Used to restore a database.
	TCRBatchMove	Transfers data between all types of TDataSets descendants. This component is placed on the Data Access page of the Component palette.