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 Oracle Data Access Components Features

  • General usability

    • Direct access to server data. Does not require installation of other data provider layers (such as BDE and ODBC)
    • Interface compatible with standard data access methods, such as BDE and ADO
    • VCL, VCL for .NET, and CLX versions of library available
    • Separated run-time and GUI specific parts allow you to create pure console applications such as CGI
    • Unicode and national charset support

  • Network and connectivity

    • In Direct mode does not require Oracle client software and works directly through TCP/IP
    • Disconnected Model with automatic connection control for working with data offline
    • Local Failover for detecting connection loss and implicitly reexecuting certain operations
    • Support for setting connection timeout values for Direct mode

  • Compatibility

    • Full support of the latest versions of Oracle
    • Support for all Oracle data types
    • Compatible with all IDE versions starting with Delphi 5, C++Builder 5, and Kylix 2
    • Wide reporting component support, including support for InfoPower, ReportBuilder, FastReport
    • Support of 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.

  • Oracle technology support

    • Oracle Advanced Queuing support
    • Distributed transactions support with TOraTransaction component
    • Oracle package support
    • Support for Oracle alerts and pipes with TOraAlerter component
    • Support for Direct Path interface with TOraLoader component
    • Support for DBMS_TRACE package and SQLTrace functionality with TOraTrace
    • Support for Oracle Change notifications functionality of Oracle 10g with TOraChangeNotification component
    • Oracle Transparent Application Failover support
    • Oracle 9i scrollable cursor support
    • Multiple Oracle Homes support
    • Oracle sequence support
    • DML array operations support
    • Direct lob access support
    • Temporary LOB management routines
    • Temporary LOBs for updating LOB fields
    • OCI Connection Pooling, Proxy Session Pooling, and Statement Caching
    • Oracle optimizer control
    • ProxySession support
    • External Procedure support
    • CLIENT_IDENTIFIER support

  • Oracle data types

    • Oracle Object (including NOT FINAL objects) types support
    • Nested table support
    • PL/SQL table support
    • XMLTYPE datatype support
    • Oracle 9i TIMESTAMP and INTERVAL data types 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
    • Expanded fields in TSmartQuery
    • 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 TOraQuery, TSmartQuery and TOraTable components
    • Automatic record refreshing and locking
    • Automatic query preparing
    • SmartRefresh option allows you to synchronize two or more datasets automatically
    • Support for ftWideMemo field type in Delphi 2006 and higher

  • Extended data access functionality

    • Separate component for executing SQL and PL/SQL blocks
    • Simplified access to table data with TOraTable component
    • BLOB compression support
    • Support for using macros in SQL
    • NonBlocking mode allows background executing and fetching data in separate threads
    • Ability to customize update commands by attaching external components to TOraUpdateSQL objects
    • Deferred detail DataSet refresh in master/detail relationships
    • LargeInt fields support
    • MIDAS technology support
    • OraDataAdapter component for WinForms and ASP.NET applications
    • Ability to customize Oracle error messages with TOraErrorHandler

  • 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

  • Script execution

    • Advanced script execution features with TOraScript component
    • Support for executing individual statements in scripts
    • Support for executing huge scripts stored in files with dynamic loading
    • Ability to use standard SQL*Plus tool syntax in scripts

  • SQL Execution monitoring

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

  • Visual extensions

    • Includes source code of enhanced TCRDBGrid data-aware grid control
    • Customizable connection dialog
    • Cursor changes during non-blocking execution

  • Design-time enhancements

    • DataSet Manager tool to control DataSet instances in the project
    • Oracle Package Wizard that simplifies working with PL/SQL Packages
    • Advanced design-time component and property editors
    • Integration with OraDeveloper Tools for browsing database schemas, manipulating database objects and visual building of queries
    • Automatic design-time component linking
    • OraTools Add-in extends design-time capabilities and lets you build and test queries, design and debug PL/SQL blocks and explore database schemas
    • Easy migration from BDE with Migration Wizard
    • More convenient data source setup with the TOraDataSource component
    • Syntax highlighting in design-time editors

  • Product clarity

    • Complete documentation sets
    • Printable documentation in PDF format
    • A large amount of helpful demo projects

  • Licensing and support

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



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