Is the BDE used? 1

[Dillinger]

I have a small Delphi app that uses TQuery, TdbChart & TDataBase components all through an ODBC connection to an SQL db.

My Question is:

Do i need to set up the BDE when i deploy this app?
I think not as all communications will be going through the ODBC.
Can anyone confirm this or tell me if i need to have the BDE as well?

Thanx.

 

[babymaker]

I believe the BDE is used isolate the components you mentioned (TQuery, etc. ) from the underlying native database access methods. I know ODBC does the same thing, but there are still native calls to ODBC that TQuery is unaware of. The BDE knows how to talk to ODBC, and therefore must still be used.

 

[StevenK]

BabyMaker - does the fact that the application uses TQuery components (and the like) mean that the compiled executable requires the BDE installed ?
Is the only way around this to replace use of such data components with their equivalent ADO components (connection + queries) ??
Thanks
Steve

 

[babymaker]

Steve - In my documentation (Delphi 3) ,it states that TQuery is a decendent of TDBDataSet which encapsulates the BDE to operate. So in this case, the BDE would be required. I have heard of, but have not tried other data access methods that do not use the BDE. These engines would derive their components from the TDataSet which is not tied to the BDE.
I would think its a simple matter of writing a module that handles all the methods and properties, using native DB calls to the database of choice. But while this could be fun and beneficial, is not a project I would take on lightly.
I guess I'm just lazy. Would love to try the new Delphi version with DBExpress components.