Because the "wincrt" app's have vanished in Delphi 2.0, and the Win32  console
app is so poorly documented, and because a frequently asked question is : can I
have database access without visual components ?, and because I needed both, I
thought an example might be useful.

A console app is generated by checking the appropriate option in the linker page
of the project options. You have to write the source code yourself in a .DPR
file. The example also shows how to access an SQL database without login prompt.

The code by itself serves no useful purpose, I just had to try out the thing.

program Project1;

uses Windows,
  SysUtils,
  Controls,
  Forms,
  db,
  dbTables;

var
    q : Tquery;
    d : Tdatabase;
    s : String;
    i : Integer;
    r : Integer = 1;

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.ProcessMessages;
try
  d := Tdatabase.Create(Nil);
  d.AliasName := 'watcom5_nt'; { BDE/ODBC alias }
  d.DatabaseName := 'watcom';
  d.Params.Add('USERNAME=dba;PASSWORD=sql');
  d.Loginprompt := False;
  d.Open;

  q := Tquery.Create(Nil);
  q.DatabaseName := 'watcom'; { database name or BDE alias if no Tdatabase}
  q.Name := 'Query1';
  write('Return starts query');
  readln(s);

  q.Close;
  q.SQL.Clear;
  q.SQL.Add('Select * from tel where telno >= 101');
  q.Open;

  q.First;
  while not q.Eof do begin
   writeln('Record : ' + IntToStr(r));
   for i := 0 to q.FieldCount - 1 do
   begin
     with q.FieldDefs.Items[i] do begin
       write( Name+':');
       writeln(q.FieldValues[Name]);
     end;
   end;
   writeln;
   q.Next;
  end;

  writeln('That's it !!'+#10+#13);
  Write('Return to exit');

  readln(s);

finally
  d.Destroy;
  q.Destroy;
end;

end.
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