Application development > Accessing and updating tables

This table is an overview of the process of accessing and updating tables using Borland Database Engine (BDE):

Phase	Task	BDE function
Preparation	DbiInit	Initialize the database engine
Preparation	DbiOpenDatabase	Open a database
Preparation	DbiOpenTable	Open a table and get a cursor
Preparation	DbiGetCursorProps	Get the cursor properties
Preparation	Responsibility of the application	Allocate the record buffer
Preparation	DbiGetFieldDescs	Retrieve field descriptor information into application-supplied memory
Preparation	DbiBeginDelayedUpdates	Begin cached updates mode
Retrieval	DbiGetNextRecord	Position the cursor and fetch a record into the record buffer
Retrieval	DbiGetField	Retrieve a field from the record buffer
Update	DbiPutField	Update the field and write it to the record buffer
Update	DbiModifyRecord	Update the table with the new record
Update	DbiApplyDelayedUpdates	Apply cached updates to the table
Exit	DbiEndDelayedUpdates	End the cached updates mode
Exit	DbiCloseCursor	Close the cursor
Exit	DbiCloseDatabase	Close the database
Exit	DbiExit	Exit the database engine

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