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*   SQLDirect Component Library     *
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    Contents:

    OVERVIEW
    INSTALLATION
    CONTACTING AUTHOR

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Overview
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SQLDirect - native components for Delphi 3 for access to Centura SQLBase Server using 32-bit
call interface. No distributing and configuring BDE and ODBC. 
Support all data-aware components. (ver 0.5b)

Using SQLDirect gives you the following advantages:

- use 32-bit native API of SQLBase;
- No distributing, installing and configuring the BDE and ODBC;
- You can use any Delphi3 version (Desktop and other) to develop 
  Client/Server applications;
- No BDE or ODBC overhead;
- BLOB-fields;
- support stored procedure;
- cached updates;
- interface (methods, properties) of SQLDirect components similar to 
  standard data access components (TSession, TDatabase, TQuery ..);
- support all data-aware components;

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Installation
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Unzip the SqlDir05.ZIP in your chosen directory for the components.

From the Delphi "Component" menu select "Install Packages". Press 
the "Add" button and select the <Package collection (*.dpc)> filetype. 
Select the SqlDir.dpc file from the chosen directory and press OK. 
The new components should now be available in the Data Access group.

Be sure to include the path in each project's Search Directory to 
avoid file not found errors at compile time.
This is found in the Options for the project on the Directories tab.

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Contacting Author
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Please direct all correspondence to me at: ysheino@cit.org.by

Thanks and I hope to hear from you.


Yuri Sheino
CIT  Center of Information Technology
