Hello

I wish to use dBase or paradox files to store about few thousands of records
in a table but I wish not to install the BDE.

There is anything connecting directly to the files ?
Or I'm also open for other database support.

Thanks

Daniel

Daniel,

Have a look at our site that offer several database managers that
display several database engines that are available for Delphi
w/ out using BDE.

http://www.senderosoftware.com

DBi-Desktop (uses DBISAM) - www.elevatesoft.com
DBF-Desktop (uses Apollo - DBF ) - www.vistasoftware.com

This will allow you to test drive each option before you make a decision.
If you have any questions, please let us know.

Regards,
Scott Martin

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Check next engines for dBase files:
1. Halcyon: www.grifsolu.com
2. Apollo: www.vistasoftware.com
3. TDBF: http://tdbf.netfirms.com

As alternative to dBase/Paradox check DBISAM (http://www.elevatesoft.com) or
MS Access database (you may work via ADO or DAO)

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I don't think there is anything for Paradox files.  I believe that there are
several for DBF:

http://amber.ivanovo.ru/odbf.htm

Sorry sent before ready...

besides the BDE

http://www.vistasoftware.com

There's a bunch on Torry's: http://www.torry.net/db_dbf.htm

There are many alternatives: DBISAM, NexusDB, FlashFiler, KeyDB, EasyTable,
TinyDB, etc.

Some are better than others.

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Brian Moelk
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If you are used to the BDE and its TTable and TQuery components, DBISAM is
definitely a way to go: http://www.dbisam.com/

I have recommended it to several other people, and they got productive
within minutes because they are so extremely close to the BDE components.

DBISAM has many benefits:
- Compiles into the .exe - no external DLLs necessary.
- Multi-user on networks without the hassle of the BDE
- No BDE Administrator any more. Simply not needed.

It uses it's own file format, but trust me, you'll love it.

Try this application, if you want to see how easy it works:

http://mkal.sf.net/

Lars.

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If you are recommending, be sure to give the correct URL. :-)  Your URL was
incorrect. It should be http://www.elevatesoft.com  for DBIsam.

"Lars B. Dybdahl" <L...@dybdahl.net> wrote in message
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Hmmm... it worked some months ago... but I didn't test it for this post. :-(

Lars.

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Daniel:

See: http://www.kylecordes.com/bag/index.html I use Advantage
www.advantagedatabase.com - it's free.

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Ken Brumback
INS, Inc.
Borland Delphi Certified Developer

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Use codebase, very robust.

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Daniel,

I'd recommend Advantage (www.advantagedatabase.com).  It's very fast, very
robust, scales from local to client/server without any code changes, has a
comprehensive SQL implementation, and a very strong and capable company
(www.extendsys.com) behind it.

Their support including newsgroups is second to none.  The local engine and
Delphi tools are free.

HTH,

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Karl Perry
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"Daniel Szasz" <dan...@yahoo.com> wrote in
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We've used TDBF, which I think we found on Torry's. It supports indexes and
so on and works well, but I found it to be very slow compared to the bde. In
my particular case I was only reading dbf so it was simple to write our own
reader, which is as fast as the BDE in our limited situation ( ie no
indexes, accessing by  record no. ). It literally took 2 days.

Depending on what you want to do with those thousands of records, the
highest performance option may well be to roll your own, using fixed length
records.

Good luck

Marc Pelletier
Traxis Inc.