SQL Server Data Access Components Editions

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

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

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

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

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

Features	Professional	Standard
Data Access Components
Base components   TMSConnection   TMSQuery   TMSSQL    TMSTable   TMSStoredProc   TMSUpdateSQL   TMSDataSource
Script executing   TMSScript
Transactions managing   TMSTransaction
Fast data loading into the server   TMSLoader
SQL Server Specific Components
Working with user-defined table types in SQL Server 2008 TMSTableData
Connection to SQL Server Compact Edition   TMSCompactConnection
Reaction on server side changes on-the-fly   TMSChangeNotification
Sending messages with Service Broker system   TMSServiceBroker
Obtaining metainformation about database objects   TMSMetadata
Storing a database as a script   TMSDump
Database activity monitoring
Monitoring of per-component SQL execution   TMSSQLMonitor
Additional Components
Advanced connection dialog   TMSConnectDialog
Data encryption and decryption   TMSEncryptor
Data storing in memory table   TVirtualTable
Advanced DBGrid with extended functionality   TCRDBGrid
Records transferring between datasets   TCRBatchMove
Design-Time Features
Enhanced component and property editors
Migration Wizard
DataSet Manager
Cross IDE Support
Lazarus and Free Pascal support
Single License Price	$199.95	$149.95

¹ Available only in editions with source code.