Dbexpress and Luxena Informix Data Access Components Software for Windows

dbExpress driver for SQL Server
$99.95 - Core Lab Software Development

dbExpress is a database-independent layer that defines a common interface to provide fast access to SQL database servers. For each supported server, dbExpress provides a driver as an independent library that implements the common dbExpress interfaces for processing queries and stored procedures. As a thin and simple data-access layer, dbExpress provides high performance database connectivity and is easy to deploy.

dbExpress driver for MS SQL Server (DbxSda) provides access to MS SQL Server database. It works using high performance Microsoft OLE DB technologies. DbxSda supports MS SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7. The driver requires OLE DB installed on workstation.

Following the main features of our dbExpress drivers:

* Direct data access
* Ability to connect through native protocol without using client software (DbxOda and DbxMda)
* High performance
* Supports latest versions of servers
* All data types support
* Extended options for advanced behaviour
* Ability of monitoring query execution with DBMonitor
* Source code available
* Free support for registered users
* Licensed per a developer without royalty fee

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Luxena dbExpress driver for Informix Pro
$149 - Luxena Software Company

Luxena dbExpress driver for Informix Pro highlights

Relible access to Informix using dbExpress
Solid support of wide range of Informix servers
Enhanced performance and data types support
Reduced application deployment costs.

Luxena dbExpress driver for Informix Pro benefits

Benefits
running costs minimization - wide Informix servers support allows to use low-cost solutions (like INFORMIX-SE) or reuse existing database servers without expensive upgrages
time-saving deployment - thanks to the connection string feature, all Informix connectivity parameters may be specified in the application thus setnet32 configuring is no longer required on deployment
performance increase - software will run faster since our driver has better performance than all known dbExpress drivers that give access to Informix database server
user-friendly software - the query execution break feature and access to additional diagnostics information allows software to be more user-friendly
the most complete Informix usage - all known data types are supported both for reading and writing while the other drivers has a lot of issues (for instance with floating decimal, collections and int8 data types)

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DBX4MySQL
$149.95 - microOLAP Technologies LTD

dbExpress Borland Delphi/C++Builder driver for MySQL with the highest performance.

microOLAP dbExpress driver for MySQL (DBX4MySQL) is an independent library that implements the common dbExpress interfaces for processing queries, without any third-party libraries and intermediate layers like BDE, ADO or ODBC.

As data-access layer thin and simple, dbExpress (and implicitly DBX4MySQL) provides high performance database connectivity and is easy to deploy. DBX4MySQL driver is available for Windows as a dynamic-link library.

When you deploy a database application that uses DBX4MySQL, you need only include the driver dll with the application files you build.

DBX4MySQL driver provides very fast access to MySQL through native MySQL network protocol.

DBX4MySQL driver supports transactions on MySQL server.

DBX4MySQL already works on the core we've developed for DAC for MySQL future 3.x version.

The main features of dbExpress driver for MySQL are:
Does not contain any third-party GPL-licensed components;
Licensed per a developer without royalty fee: you don't need to purchase end-user run-time licenses at all;
Any MySQL libraries are not requred on a client workstation, even libmysql.dll (which must be licensed on per seat basis for non-GPL commercial applications);
Linux/Kylix support (planned to be released at the end of this May);
Access to MySQL server through the native network protocol directly;
High performance;
Supports latest versions of MySQL;
All MySQL data types support;
Transaction support;
Complete fields information support;
Automatic detection for the old/new password algorithm (including the handling of the special 4.1.0 passwords);
Native SSL implementation in the Enterprise version (without any external libraries).

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OleDb Express
$49.95 - Viatcheslav V. Vassiliev

dbExpress driver for MS SQL Server, MS Access and MS Excel data sources.

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FastReport VCL
$99 - Fast Reports, Inc.

With full source code, royalty-free!
Dot-matrix printer support, XML-based export filters
FastReport provides many features not found in other reporting products.
Import legacy databases and reuse common database formats
FastReport supports the following database mechanisms:
BDE, DbExpress (only D6 and Kylix), ADO, IBX, FIB, NativeDB, IBO, DAO, FlashFiler, DBISAM, SQLDirect

Supports "live" queries.
Easily organize access to any part of your application data.
FastReport makes it easy to create databases in other formats as well.
Let your users change reports using the runtime designer without having to change any of your program code. FastReport uses a unique internal format for reports that gives them independence from your applications.

- Report variables are easy to use for creating new EndUser-reports.
- End users can easily change a form to add new fields to the report as needed.
- You can give users the option to edit the generated report!

FastReport?s powerful feature set provides the tools for creating masterful reports:
- Built-in dialog designer for setting entry conditions.
- Built-in Pascal-like macrolanguage with an extensive set of functions.
- Process events on the generated report. One mouse click retrieves the detailed report.
- Built-in possibility of search of the text in the generated report!
- Unlimited number of pages in the report
- WYSIWYG-preview with smooth rescaling and scrolling options.
- Display multiple pages simultaneously!
- Composite reports make combining reports easy!
- Generate cross-tab-reports without knowing the number of columns beforehand. Cross-tab reports are automatically beaten to the necessary number of pages on a horizontal orientation.
- A large number of components made by third party developers are available. Developed specifically for use with FastReport, these components extend FastReport?s functionality even more.

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Luxena Informix Data Access Components
$149 - Luxena Software Company

Luxena Informix Data Access Components highlights

This component set provides interaction between VCL (Delphi/C++Builder) based applications and Informix database server. IDAC is based on the native Informix Client API. This ensures excellent performance and reliability. IDAC is very good BDE and ADO alternative.

Luxena Informix Data Access Components benefits

Features and Benefits
well-known BDE-like interface - with familiar set of components, such as Query, Table, UpdateSQL, etc. Every component has BDE-like usage
no BDE, ADO or dbExpress - using IDAC, there is no need to use any intermediate layer (with its own bugs) to work with Informix
full data type support - allows you to work with any data type provided by Informix database server including new data types of 9.xx family (BLOB/CLOB, LVARCHAR etc.)
connection pool and SQL cache - comprehensive features destinied to increase performance of application servers and standalone applications
advanced development - Object Pascal translation of Informix connectivity API and diagnostic structures allow you to easily create applications with advanced features
query execution break - gives your application more control over the database communication while still being user-friendly
easy deployment - all Informix connectivity parameters can be defined through TIfxConnection parameters, so there is no need to configure Informix client

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