Delphi Programming Guide
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Part I - Foundations
  Chapter 1 – Delphi 7 and Its IDE
  Chapter 2 – The Delphi Programming Language
  Chapter 3 – The Run-Time Library
  Chapter 4 – Core Library classes
  Chapter 5 – Visual Controls
  Chapter 6 – Building the User Interface
  Chapter 7 – Working with Forms
Part II - Delphi Object-Oriented Architectures
  Chapter 8 – The Architecture of Delphi Applications
  Chapter 9 – Writing Delphi Components
  Chapter 10 – Libraries and Packages
  Chapter 11 – Modeling and OOP Programming (with ModelMaker)
  Chapter 12 – From COM to COM+
Part III - Delphi Database-Oriented Architectures
  Chapter 13 – Delphi's Database Architecture
  Chapter 14 – Client/Server with dbExpress
  Chapter 15 – Working with ADO
  Chapter 16 – Multitier DataSnap Applications
  Chapter 17 – Writing Database Components
  Chapter 18 – Reporting with Rave
Part IV - Delphi, the Internet, and a .NET Preview
  Chapter 19 – Internet Programming: Sockets and Indy
  Chapter 20 – Web Programming with WebBroker and WebSnap
  Chapter 21 – Web Programming with IntraWeb
  Chapter 22 – Using XML Technologies
  Chapter 23 – Web Services and SOAP
  Chapter 24 – The Microsoft .NET Architecture from the Delphi Perspective
  Chapter 25 – Delphi for .NET Preview: The Language and the RTL
       
  Appendix A – Extra Delphi Tools by the Author
  Appendix B – Extra Delphi Tools from Other Sources
  Appendix C – Free Companion Books on Delphi
       
  Index    
  List of Figures    
  List of tables    
  List of Listings    
  List of Sidebars  

 
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Chapter 13: Delphi's Database Architecture

Overview

Delphi's support for database applications is one of the programming environment's key features. Many programmers spend most of their time writing data-access code, which needs to be the most robust portion of a database application. This chapter provides an overview of Delphi's extensive support for database programming.

What you won't find here is a discussion of the theory of database design. I'm assuming that you already know the fundamentals of database design and have already designed the structure of a database. I won't delve into database-specific problems; my goal is to help you understand how Delphi supports database access.

I'll begin with an explanation of the alternatives Delphi offers in terms of data access, and then I'll provide an overview of the database components available in Delphi. This chapter focuses on the use of the TClientDataSet component for accessing local data, deferring all the client/server database access to Chapter 14, "Client/Server with dbExpress." I'll include an overview of the TDataSet class, an in-depth analysis of the TField components, and the use of data-aware controls. Chapter 14 follows up by providing information about more advanced database programming topics, particularly client/server programming with the use of the dbExpress library (and the InterBase Express components).

Finally, notice that almost everything discussed in this chapter is cross-platform. In particular, the examples can be ported to CLX and to Linux by recompiling and referring to CDS files in the proper folders.


 
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