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UniDAC Features

Supported target platforms

• Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
• macOS 64-bit
• Mac ARM
• iOS 64-bit
• iOS Simulator ARM 64-bit
• Android 32-bit and 64-bit
• Linux 32-bit (only in Lazarus and Free Pascal) and 64-bit

General usability

• Direct access to server data. Does not require installation of other data provider layers (such as BDE)
• Access without using client library [ Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, DBF ]
• Interface compatible with standard data access methods, such as BDE and ADO
• VCL, LCL and FMX versions of library available
• Separated run-time and GUI specific parts allow you to create pure console applications such as CGI
• Unicode support
• National charset support [ Oracle, MySQL, InterBase, PostgreSQL ]
• Unified SQL for writing server-independent queries
• Highly usable design time support
• Easy to deploy

Network and connectivity

• Disconnected Mode with automatic connection control for working with data offline
• Local Failover for detecting connection loss and implicitly reexecuting certain operations
• Ability to search for installed servers in a local network [ SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL ]
• Connection timeout management [ Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC  ]
• Support for OS authentication
• Support for Proxy Authentication
• Support for the change expired password
• Support for both IPv6 and Ipv4 protocol

Compatibility

• Full support of the latest server versions
• Support for embedded server versions
• Compatible with Delphi 6, 7, C++Builder 6, Borland Delphi Studio 2006, Code Gear RAD Studio 2007, 2009, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, XE, XE2, XE3, XE4, XE5, XE6, XE7, XE8, Seattle, Berlin, Tokyo, Rio, Sydney, Alexandria
• Support for Lazarus 4.4 and FPC 3.2.2 for Windows, macOS and Linux (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Wide reporting component support, including support for InfoPower, ReportBuilder
• Support for all standard and third-party visual data-aware controls
• Allows you to use Professional Edition of Delphi and C++Builder to develop client/server applications

Server-specific features

Oracle

• Multiple Oracle Homes support
• Oracle sequence support
• Direct LOB access support
• Temporary LOB management routines
• Temporary LOBs for updating LOB fields
• OCI Connection Pooling, Proxy Session Pooling, and Statement Caching
• Oracle optimizer control
• CLIENT_IDENTIFIER support
• DBMS_ALERT support with the TUniAlerter component
• Secure connections with SSL, SSH, and HTTP tunneling
• Oracle package support
• Oracle 9i scrollable cursor support
• DML array operations support
• ProxySession support
• External Procedure support
• ROWID values retrieval
• Overloaded stored procedures support
• Support for WITH FUNCTION clause

SQL Server

• Possibility to change application name for a connection
• Possibility to change workstation identifier for a connection
• Configuration of OEM/ANSI character translation
• Enhanced support for SQL Server Compact Edition
• Enhanced support for User-defined Types of SQL Server
• Ability to lock records and tables

MySQL

• HANDLER syntax support
• Transaction isolation level support
• Possibility to retrieve last auto-incremented value
• Session identifer retrieval
• Server object information retrieval
• Row-level and table-level locking support
• Secure connections with SSL, SSH, and HTTP tunneling

InterBase/Firebird

• Advanced BLOB support
• Streaming (non-caching) BLOB access support
• Advanced generator support
• Advanced support for the character set OCTETS
• Support for the Firebird 2 EXECUTE BLOCK syntax
• Support for the Firebird 2 RETURNING clause
• Advanced locking for Firebird 2
• Automatic updates by DB_KEY unique field for Firebird 2
• Multiple transactions support with the TUniTransaction component
• InterBase events support with the TUniAlerter component
• Comprehensive array data type support
• Default value support for stored procedures
• InterBase services components for configuring server parameters and security
• Support for the Firebird 3 BOOLEAN datatype
• Support for the Firebird 2.1 trusted authentication
• Support for InterBase OTW encryption

PostgreSQL

• Advanced sequences support
• Advanced Large Objects support
• Ability to control Fetch block size
• Returning result sets from stored procedures
• Secure connections with SSL, SSH, and HTTP tunneling
• Notifications support with the TUniAlerter component
• Support for PostgreSQL Asynchronous Notification with the TUniAlerter component
• Supports the possibility of retrieving last inserted OID value
• Advanced errors support
• Support for the PostgreSQL notices

SQLite

• Support for all commonly used data types
• Support for autoincrement fields
• Possibility to retrieve last auto-incremented value
• SQLite database encryption in Direct mode using different encryption algorithms
• Data Type Mapping
• Support for automatic database creation on connect
• Support for Shared-Cache mode
• Support for SQLite user-defined functions
• Support for SQLite user-defined collations
• Support for SQLite extensions loading
• Support for SQLite R*Tree module
• Support for SQLite FTS3 and FTS4 extensions
• Support for multi-SQL statements executing

MongoDB

• Support for all commonly used data types
• Support for native MongoDB query and update commands syntax
• Support for displaying/modifying documents using regular data-aware controls like TDBGrid
• Support for simply modifying documents in code using "fluent" interface
• Support for reading/writing documents in the Extended JSON format
• Support for working with collections via regular SQL using VirtualDAC

DB2

• Advanced sequences support
• Schema and function path support

DBF

• Support for variety of database formats: dBaseIII-dBase10, dBase for Windows, HiPer-Six, FoxPro 2, Visual FoxPro
• Support for all native data types
• Support for native dBase functions
• Support for autoincrement fields
• Support for .dbt (dBase), .fpt (FoxPro) and .smt (HiPer-Six) MEMOs
• Support for .mdx (dBaseIV+) and .cdx (Visual FoxPro) indexes
• Support for table management commands: CREATE/DROP/PACK/ZAP/REINDEX TABLE, ALTER TABLE ADD/DROP/ALTER COLUMN
• Support for index management commands: CREATE/DROP INDEX

Performance

• High overall performance
• Fast controlled fetch of large data blocks
• Optimized string data storing
• Advanced connection pooling
• High performance of applying cached updates with batches
• Caching of calculated and lookup fields
• Fast Locate in a sorted DataSet
• Preparing of user-defined update statements
• High performance batch processing
• Intelligent fetch block size control
• Advanced connection pooling
• SmartFetch Mode enabling fast bi-directional navigation through large datasets

Local data storage operations

• Database-independent data storage with TVirtualTable component
• CachedUpdates operation mode
• Local sorting and filtering, including by calculated and lookup fields
• Local master/detail relationship
• Master/detail relationship in CachedUpdates mode

Data access and data management automation

• Automatic data updating with TUniQuery, TUniTable, and TUniStoredProc components
• Automatic record refreshing and locking
• Automatic query preparing
• Support for ftWideMemo field type in Delphi 2006 and higher
• Data Type Mapping
• Support for Data Encryption in a client application

Extended data access functionality

• Separate component for executing SQL statements
• Simplified access to table data with TUniTable component
• Ability to retrieve metadata information with TUniMetaData component
• BLOB compression support
• Support for using macros in SQL
• FmtBCD fields support
• Ability to customize update commands by attaching external components to TUniUpdateSQL objects
• Deferred detail DataSet refresh in master/detail relationships
• MIDAS technology support
• UniDataAdapter component for WinForms and ASP.NET applications
• Distributed transactions support with the TUniTransaction component [ Oracle, SQL Server ]
• Default value support for stored procedures
• RefreshQuick method [ SQL Server, MySQL ]
• Fast record insertion with TUniLoader component
• NonBlocking mode allows background executing and fetching data in separate threads
• LargeInt fields support
• Object-oriented building of SELECT statements

Data exchange

• Transferring data between all types of TDataSet descendants with TCRBatchMove component
• Data export and import to/from XML (ADO format)
• Ability to synchronize positions in different DataSets
• Extended data management with TUniDump component

Script execution

• Advanced script execution features with the TUniScript component
• Support for executing individual statements in scripts
• Support for executing huge scripts stored in files with dynamic loading
• Ability to use standard clients tool syntax in scripts

SQL execution monitoring

• Extended SQL tracing capabilities provided by the TUniSQLMonitor component and dbMonitor
• Borland SQL Monitor support
• Ability to send messages to dbMonitor from any point in your program

Visual extensions

• Includes the source code of enhanced TCRDBGrid data-aware grid control
• Customizable connection dialog

Design-time enhancements

• DataSet Manager tool to control DataSet instances in the project
• Advanced design-time component and property editors
• Automatic design-time component linking
• Easy migration from BDE and ADO with Migration Wizard
• More convenient data source setup with the TUniDataSource component
• Syntax highlighting in the design-time editors

Resources:

• Code documentation and guides in the CHM, PDF, and HXS formats
• Many helpful demo projects

Licensing and support

• Included annual UniDAC Subscription with Priority Support
• Licensed royalty-free per developer, per team, or per site