How to create Auto Incremental Fields in RAD Server with InterBase, FireDAC and TEMSDataSetResource
One key feature when asking a remote server to add a record is to get the new record ID value returned. Thankfully this is easily achieved with InterBase and FireDAC via RAD Server with TEMSDataSetResource
InterBase has a concept of Generators. These provide a unique sequential integer value that…
The sheer volume of data that is collected has exploded in recent years thanks to digitalization and modern cloud architectures that support massive data collection, and encourage widespread cross-sharing of data.
The growth trend of having applications with easily…
Today’s Cool Apps selection is Mariscos, by Daniel Rodríguez Hernández. Mariscos is a restaurant management tool that allows both staff and management to track and organize orders, payments, and receipts. It is a Delphi-driven app that is available for Android devices…
Italian translation of GM Update for March 2020
Mentre tutti ci adattiamo alle realtà di un mondo fortemente influenzato dal COVID-19, la forza della nostra community globale e del nostro ecosistema sono più importanti che mai. Il focus dei nostri prodotti ci rende ben preparati per il futuro. La trasformazione digitale accelererà, ma i budget saranno limitati, creando un ambiente in cui RAD…
This month has seen an ever-changing global situation with the outbreak of the coronavirus. The first timethat I can remember I had to radically change / cancel a live event due to circumstances out of our control.
At the start of March we were keeping an eye on the…
Delphi25 Stories - Part 2 - Brian Lon, Danny Wind, Erik van Bilsen, & Frank Lauter
March 10, 2020
We’re back with another installment of Delphi25 stories. Thank you all so much for engaging with our first post, and for watching our Delphi25th Stories series on YouTube. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the interview with Delphi’s creators and the…
You might have seen that over recent days the TIOBE index website has published their March 2020 status focusing on Delphi’s demise — after it went one position down since last year — and a few other web sites have mentioned it.
TIOBE analysis includes some factually incorrect statements. They state “An extra indication of Delphi’s fall is the frequency of its releases.
TIOBEis one of manyprogramming language popularity indexes. Their methodology involves doing a search across various search engines with the name of a programming language followed by the word programming. So they look for “Delphi Programming” as an…
Windows Development: A Delphi Developers Perspective
As a software developer with over 30 years in the industry, 25 of those years invested in Microsoft Windows, the choice of development tools have been paramount. For us developers, the right tools can literally make or…
Delphi25 Stories - A Blog Series - Stephen Ball, Steffen Nyeland, Allen Drennan, & Ray Konopka
March 5, 2020
Thank you all so much for watching our Delphi25th Stories series on YouTube. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the interview with Delphi’s creators and the playlist with Delphi stories from some of our fabulous MVPs and community members. We also have received a lot of non-video submissions of birthday wishes as well. I want to take the time to share, acknowledge, and link to these…
