C++Builder 5 Developers Guide

by Mark Cashman

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introduction to IBExpress Components

• Setting Up a Schema

• Database Rules

• Generators, Triggers, and Stored Procedures

• Debugging an InterBase Application

• Database Creation and Connection

• Using Transactions

• Accessing Interbase

• Setting Up Bug Tracker

• Bug Tracker Wrap Up

The IBExpress components are an extension of the BDE components that support a special and optimized connection to the Interbase DBMS. Because Interbase is a comparatively inexpensive and powerful client/server database, it can be an attractive alternative for commercial software developers needing such a product. This chapter will show you how to use these components in your application.