Borland DataBase Engine Enterprise (BDE Enterprise), developed by Borland Software Corp., is a 32-bit Windows data-access middleware that gives Delphi and C++Builder applications a consistent way to connect to both desktop file-based databases and enterprise SQL servers. It provides a unified API (IDAPI) and drivers for Paradox, dBASE, and FoxPro, along with SQL Links and ODBC connectivity for leading systems such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, InterBase, and Informix. The Enterprise edition adds native client/server drivers, advanced configuration options, and deployment rights suitable for multi-user, networked environments.
Key capabilities include local SQL for querying file-based tables, transaction support (when supported by the back end), parameterized queries, BLOB and memo field handling, cached updates, and alias management through the BDE Administrator. Developers typically access it via VCL components like TTable and TQuery, enabling rapid database application development with centralized driver configuration. While it was a mainstay of Borland’s toolchain in the 1990s and early 2000s, the BDE is now considered legacy technology and is primarily used to maintain and run existing applications that depend on it.
Borland DataBase Engine Enterprise is developed by Borland Software Corp. The most popular version of this product among our users is 5.2.
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