Oracle Data Access Components

ODAC is a VCL/VCL.NET/CLX component library for fast direct access to Oracle from Delphi, C++Builder, and Kylix. Includes comprehensive support for Oracle functionality, including Oracle TAF, Advanced Queuing, and distributed transactions.

Features: Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) is a library of components providing native connectivity to Oracle from different development environments. Environments that include Delphi, Delphi for .NET, C++Builder, Kylix, and Free Pascal. The ODAC library is helps programmers develop Oracle database applications. ODAC is a complete replacement for standard Oracle connectivity solutions as an alternative. ODAC features advanced local data handling and comprehensive Oracle functionality coverage, including Oracle Advanced Queuing, Oracle TAF, and distributed transaction support. ODAC is a direct connectivity database wrapper built specifically for the Oracle server. ODAC offers wide coverage of the Oracle feature set, supports both Client and Direct connection modes, and emphasizes optimized data access strategies. Versions of ODAC are available for Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, CodeGear Delphi 2009, C++Builder 2009, CodeGear RAD Studio 2007, Delphi 2007 for Win32, C++Builder 2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Delphi 2005, Turbo Delphi, Turbo Delphi for .NET, Turbo C++, Delphi 7,6,5, C++Builder 6,5, FreePascal for Win32 and Linux, and Kylix 3,2. ODAC supports Oracle server versions 7.3 and higher.The library does not require any other data provider layers such as BDE and ODBC.It supports Oracle`s advanced queuing, alerts and pipes as well as direct path and off-line work modes. Unicode and national charsets are supported. It is integrated with OraDeveloper Tools for performing advanced database development and administration tasks.

Overall: A very good development support tool.

Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) is a library of components that provides direct access to Oracle database servers from Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8/XE7/XE6/XE5/XE4/XE3/XE2/XE, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, CodeGear RAD Studio 2009/2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Turbo Delphi Professional, Turbo Delphi for .NET Professional, Turbo C++ Professional, Borland Delphi 2005, Borland Delphi 7/6/5, Borland C++Builder 6, Lazarus 1.2.4 and Free Pascal 2.6.4 for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Linux, FreeBSD for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. ODAC offers wide coverage of the Oracle feature set, supports both Client and Direct connection modes and emphasizes optimized data access strategies. The capability to develop applications using the cutting-edge IDE for all the supported target-platforms: Win32, Win64, Mac OS, iOS, and Android.
Key Features:
- RAD Studio XE8 support
- AppMethod support
- Direct Mode support. It is also distributed as source code and is available for Lazarus.
- Android application development support
- iOS development support
- NEXTGEN compiler support
- Mac OS X development support
- Win64 development support
- Direct access to server data. No need to install of other data provider layers
- VCL, LCL and FMX versions of library available
- In Direct mode does not require Oracle client software and works directly through TCP/IP
- Full support of the latest versions of Oracle and its data types
- Disconnected Model with automatic connection control for working with data offline
- Local Failover for detecting connection loss and implicit re-execution of certain operations
- Automatic data updating with the TOraQuery, TSmartQuery, and TOraTable components
- Advanced script execution functionality with the TOraScript component
- Integration with OraDeveloper Tools and dbForge Studio for Oracle for advanced database development
- Oracle Advanced Queuing support
- Oracle direct path interface support