Universal Data Access Components Features

General usability

  • Direct access to server data. Does not require installation of other data provider layers (such as BDE)
  • Access without using client library [ Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL ]
  • Interface compatible with standard data access methods, such as BDE and ADO
  • VCL and VCL for .NET versions of library available
  • Separated run-time and GUI specific parts allow you to create pure console applications
  • Unicode support
  • National charset support [ Oracle, MySQL, InterBase, PostgreSQL ]
  • Unified SQL for writing server-independent queries

Network and connectivity

  • Disconnected Model with automatic connection control for working with data offline
  • Local Failover for detecting connection loss and implicitly reexecuting certain operations
  • Ability to search for installed servers in a local network [ SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL ]
  • Connection timeout management [ Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC  ]

Compatibility

  • Full support of the latest server versions
  • Support for embedded server versions
  • Compatible with all IDE versions starting with Delphi 6 and C++Builder 6, except Delphi 8, and with Free Pascal
  • Wide reporting component support, including support for InfoPower, ReportBuilder, FastReport
  • Support for all standard and third-party visual data-aware controls
  • Allows you to use Professional Edition of Delphi and C++Builder to develop client/server applications

Server-specific features

  • Oracle
    • Multiple Oracle Homes support
    • Oracle sequence support
    • Direct LOB access support
    • Temporary LOB management routines
    • Temporary LOBs for updating LOB fields
    • OCI Connection Pooling and Statement Caching
    • Oracle optimizer control
    • CLIENT_IDENTIFIER support
    • DBMS_ALERT support with the TUniAlerter component [ New ]
  • SQL Server
    • Possibility to change application name for a connection
    • Possibility to change workstation identifier for a connection
    • Configuration of OEM/ANSI character translation
    • Enhanced support for SQL Server Compact Edition
  • MySQL
    • HANDLER syntax support
    • Possibility to retrieve last auto-incremented value
  • InterBase/Firebird
    • Advanced BLOB support
    • Streaming (non-caching) BLOB access support
    • Advanced generator support
    • Advanced support for the character set OCTETS
    • Support for the Firebird 2 EXECUTE BLOCK syntax
    • Support for the Firebird 2 RETURNING clause
    • Advanced locking for Firebird 2
    • Automatic updates by DB_KEY unique field for Firebird 2
    • Multiple transactions support with the TUniTransaction component
    • InterBase events support with the TUniAlerter component [ New ]
  • PostgreSQL
    • Advanced sequences support
    • Advanced Large Objects support
    • Ability to control Fetch block size
    • Returning result sets from stored procedures
    • SSL support
    • Notifications support with the TUniAlerter component [ New ]
  • SQLite [New]
    • Support for all commonly used data types
    • Possibility to retrieve last auto-incremented value
  • DB2 [New]
    • Advanced sequences support
    • Schema and function path support

Performance

  • High overall performance
  • Fast controlled fetch of large data blocks
  • Optimized string data storing
  • Advanced connection pooling
  • High performance of applying cached updates with batches
  • Caching of calculated and lookup fields
  • Fast Locate in a sorted DataSet
  • Preparing of user-defined update statements

Local data storage operations

  • Database-independent data storage with TVirtualTable component
  • CachedUpdates operation mode
  • Local sorting and filtering, including by calculated and lookup fields
  • Local master/detail relationship
  • Master/detail relationship in CachedUpdates mode

Data access and data management automation

  • Automatic data updating with TUniQuery, TUniTable, and TUniStoredProc components
  • Automatic record refreshing and locking
  • Automatic query preparing
  • Support for ftWideMemo field type in Delphi 2006 and higher

Extended data access functionality

  • Separate component for executing SQL statements
  • Simplified access to table data with TUniTable component
  • Ability to retrieve metadata information with TUniMetaData component
  • BLOB compression support
  • Support for using macros in SQL
  • FmtBCD fields support
  • Ability to customize update commands by attaching external components to TUniUpdateSQL objects
  • Deferred detail DataSet refresh in master/detail relationships
  • MIDAS technology support
  • UniDataAdapter component for WinForms and ASP.NET applications
  • Distributed transactions support with the TUniTransaction component [ Oracle, SQL Server ]
  • Default value support for stored procedures
  • RefreshQuick method [ SQL Server, MySQL ]
  • Fast record insertion with TUniLoader component

Data exchange

  • Transferring data between all types of TDataSet descendants with TCRBatchMove component
  • Data export and import to/from XML (ADO format)
  • Ability to synchronize positions in different DataSets
  • Extended data management with TUniDump component

Script execution

  • Advanced script execution features with the TUniScript component
  • Support for executing individual statements in scripts
  • Support for executing huge scripts stored in files with dynamic loading
  • Ability to use standard clients tool syntax in scripts

SQL Execution monitoring

  • Extended SQL tracing capabilities provided by the TUniSQLMonitor component and dbMonitor
  • Borland SQL Monitor support
  • Ability to send messages to dbMonitor from any point in your program

Visual extensions

  • Includes the source code of enhanced TCRDBGrid data-aware grid control
  • Customizable connection dialog

Design-time enhancements

  • DataSet Manager tool to control DataSet instances in the project
  • Advanced design-time component and property editors
  • Automatic design-time component linking
  • Easy migration from BDE and ADO with Migration Wizard
  • More convenient data source setup with the TUniDataSource component
  • Syntax highlighting in the design-time editors

Product clarity

  • Complete documentation sets
  • A large amount of helpful demo projects

Licensing and support

  • Included annual UniDAC Subscription with Priority Support
  • Licensed royalty-free per developer, per team, or per site