InterBase Data Access Components Editions

InterBase Data Access Components comes in two editions: Standard and Professional.

The Standard edition includes the IBDAC basic connectivity components and IBDAC Migration Wizard. IBDAC Standard Edition is a cost-effective solution for database application developers who are looking for overall high-performance connectivity to InterBase.

The Professional edition shows off the full power of IBDAC, enhancing IBDAC Standard Edition with support for InterBase-specific functionality and advanced dataset management features.

You can get Source Access to the implementation of all the component classes in IBDAC by purchasing the special IBDAC Professional Edition with Source Code. The source code of DataSet Manager is not distributed

The matrix below compares features of IBDAC editions. The detailed list of all IBDAC features you can find at the IBDAC Features page.

Features Professional Standard
DAC

Mobile Development

iOS application development Yes Yes
DAC

Data Access Components

Base components
  TIBCConnection
  TIBCQuery
  TIBCSQL
  TIBCTable
  TIBCStoredProc
  TIBCUpdateSQL
  TIBCDataSource
Yes Yes
Script executing
  TIBCScript
Yes Yes
Transactions managing
  TIBCTransaction
Yes Yes
Fast data loading into the server
  TIBCLoader
Yes No
InterBase Specific Components

InterBase & Firebird Specific Components

Messaging between sessions and applications
  TIBCAlerter
Yes Yes
Obtaining metainformation about database objects
  TIBCMetaData
Yes Yes
Database server information return
  TIBCServerProperties
Yes No
InterBase Services

InterBase Services

Database parameters configurations
  TIBCConfigService
Yes No
Managing of activation certificates
  TIBCLicensingService
Yes No
The server log return
  TIBCLogService
Yes No
Shows database statistics
  TIBCStatisticalService
Yes No
Database backup
  TIBCBackupService
Yes No
Database restore
  TIBCRestoreService
Yes No
Validation of database
  TIBCValidationService
Yes No
User access management
  TIBCSecurityService
Yes No
Interacting with Firebird 2.5 trace service
  TIBCTraceService
Yes No
DataBase Activity Monitoring

Data Base Activity Monitoring

Monitoring of per-component SQL execution
  TIBCSQLMonitor
Yes Yes
Additional Components

Additional Components

Advanced connection dialog
  TIBCConnectDialog
Yes Yes
Data encryption and decryption
  TIBCEncryptor
Yes No
Data storing in memory table
  TVirtualTable
Yes Yes
Advanced DBGrid with extended functionality
  TCRDBGrid
Yes Yes
Records transferring between datasets
  TCRBatchMove
Yes No
Design-Time Features

Design-Time Features

Enhanced component and property editors Yes Yes
Migration Wizard Yes Yes
DataSet Manager Yes No
Cross IDE Support

Cross IDE Support

Lazarus and Free Pascal support Click to view restrictions No
Single License Price $149.95 $99.95

1 Available only in editions with source code.


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