We continued our webinar with a look at how ridiculously fast and easy it is to create cross-platform apps with RAD Studio and connect to a variety of databases. One of the great strengths of RAD Studio, and particularly Delphi and C++ Builder is how it can use components like FireDAC to connect to almost any database system there is available. In the webinar I looked at the range of built-in…
How To Use The Firebase API To Add, Read, and Delete Data In A Realtime Document-Oriented Database
March 1, 2024
Currently, the use of a remote database for storing various types of data (such as product and user information for an online store, patient details in a clinic, etc.) is highly relevant. Also, more and more developers want to create cross platform apps to access the data on…
This Is How To Use ADO And FireDAC With Databases
June 22, 2022
From this article, you will learn the difference between working with databases via the ADO technology and the FireDAC library. Using the right database technology is often a critical part of designing your apps, particularly for Windows application development where there…
InterBase Database Encryption - How To Do It
May 22, 2022
InterBase Encryption is supported starting with InterBase 2009. InterBase enables you to encrypt information at one or both of the following levels:
Database Level Encryption (InterBase encrypts all of the database pages that contain user information).
Column Level Encryption (Column-level encryption is more flexible and specific).
Using InterBase Database Encryption you can also encrypt…
.NET Apps using Embedded Interbase Database - How to deploy a secure database app with zero installation/administration
February 4, 2022
And we are back! This is a new entry from the series about Interbase for .NET developers. Doing a recap, the first post “Introducing InterBase for .NET – A Super-Secure Embedded Data Warehouse For .NET Users” can be found here, the second post “Getting…
The processing of data is the soul of computing. Almost every single computer ever invented was designed so that human beings could take information in the form of data and manipulate it in one way or another, either through visualizations or use it in other ways to make…
Connecting Databases with FireDAC through SSH
April 22, 2021
A customer recently inquired whether FireDAC could be used to connect to a database via an SSH tunnel. Of course, the short answer is yes. But first, let’s define an SSH tunnel and how it can be easily accomplished with Delphi and FireDAC.
SSH Tunnels
Secure Shell…
LearnCPlusPlus.org :: Learn FireDAC, MyDAC Components And MySQL, PostgreSQL, InterBase Databases, And Much More
March 29, 2021
Hello C++ Builder Developers,
We have great new C++ Builder post picks from the LearnCPlusPlus.org website on the basics of connectivity to different database systems. Do you want to learn how to connect to MySQL Server in C++ Builder? Want to use the MyDAC component to…
Backup and Restore Your InterBase Databases
March 10, 2021
All Database backup software reduces time, money and data loss due to corruption or system failure. With InterBase server, you get the same level of protection built in at no additional cost to you. Database backups can be stored locally or in a shared environment as part of your disaster recovery plan. There are several reasons why you would want to back up your InterBase databases, they are as…