• Borland Database Engine Online Reference
• Introduction to Borland Database Engine
  • Introduction to Borland Database Engine
  • Features
  • BDE components
  • Core BDE files
  • Tools and examples
  • Initialization
  • Configuation management
• Basic concepts
  • Architectural overview
  • Shared services
  • BDE API functions
  • BDE Objects
    • BDE objects
    • System
    • Clients
    • Sessions
    • Database drivers
    • Databases
    • Cursors
    • Query statements
    • Object properties
  • Database entities
    • Database entities
    • Tables
    • Indexes
    • Fields
    • Queries
    • Transactions
    • Callbacks
    • Cross-database operations
• Application development
  • Introduction to BDE programming
    • BDE Programming in Borland C/C++
      • BDE Programming in Borland C/C++
      • Project setup
      • Basic procedure
        • Step 1
        • Step 2
        • Step 3
        • Step 4
        • Step 5
        • Step 6
        • Step 7
        • Step 8
        • Step 9
        • Step 10
        • Step 11
      • The CHK function
      • Template program
    • BDE Programming in Delphi
      • BDE Programming in Delphi
      • Project setup
      • Basic procedure
        • Step 1
        • Step 2
        • Step 3
        • Step 4
        • Step 5
        • Step 6
        • Step 7
        • Step 8
        • Step 9
        • Step 10
        • Step 11
      • Template program
    • BDE Programming in C++Builder
      • BDE programming in C++Builder
      • Project setup
      • Basic procedure
        • Step 1
        • Step 2
        • Step 3
        • Step 4
        • Step 5
        • Step 6
        • Step 7
        • Step 8
        • Step 9
        • Step 10
        • Step 11
      • Template program
    • Improving BDE peformance
  • Accessing and updating tables
    • Accessing and updating tables
    • Preparing to access a table
    • Positioning the cursor and fetching records
    • Field-level access
    • Working with BLOBs
    • Adding, updating and deleting records
    • Linking tables
    • Sorting tables
    • Cached updates
  • Locking
    • Locking
    • Session layer
    • Database handle layer
    • Table cursor layer
    • Acquired locks
    • Table lock coexistence
    • Locking strategy
    • SQL-specific locking behaviour
  • Transactions
    • Transactions
    • Transactions on Paradox, dBASE, FoxPro, and Access
    • Transactions and cached updates
    • Degree of transaction isolation
    • Using transactions
  • Querying databases
    • Querying databases
    • Querying Paradox and dBASE tables
    • Querying different databases
    • Executing queries directly
    • Executing queries in stages
  • Getting and setting properties
    • Getting and setting properties
  • Retrieving schema and system information
    • Retrieving schema and system information
    • DbiOpenList functions
    • DbiGetDescs functions
  • Creating tables
    • Creating tables
    • Integrity constraints
    • Modifying table structure
  • Using callbacks
    • Using callbacks
    • Data source independence
  • Filtering records
    • Filtering records
    • Using an expression tree
    • Expression tree header
    • Literal pool area
  • Database driver characteristics
    • Database driver characteristics
    • SQL drivers
      • SQL drivers
      • Informix driver
      • DB2 driver
      • Sybase CT-Lib driver
      • Passthrough SQL
      • SQL transaction control
      • SQL connection
      • SQL record caching
      • SQL record modification requirements
      • SQL record modification behavior
      • SQL record-locking behavior
      • SQL table-locking behavior
      • SQL asynchronous queries
      • SQL performance tips
    • Standard drivers
      • Paradox driver
      • FoxPro driver
    • Access driver
      • Access driver
    • Text driver
      • Text driver
      • Field maps
      • Binding external schema to text tables
  • Error handling
    • Using DbiGetErrorEntry to access the error stack
    • Using DbiGetErrorString to get a detailed error message
    • Using DbiGetErrorContext to get more specific information
    • Using DbiGetErrorInfo to get immediate information
  • Debugging
    • SQL Trace
• Using the Function Reference
  • Using the function reference
  • Syntax conventions
  • Variable names
  • Constants
  • #Defines
  • Typedefs
  • Object definitions
  • Buffer typedefs
• BDE Function Reference
  • Alphabetical list of all BDE functions
  • Environment functions
  • Session functions
  • Error handling functions
  • Locking functions
  • Cursor functions
  • Index functions
  • Query functions
  • Database functions
  • Table functions
  • Data access functions
  • Capability or schema functions
  • Date/Time/Number functions
  • Transaction functions
• Data Structures
  • Data structures: overview
  • Callback definitions
  • Paradox and dBASE physical types
  • Data type translations
  • Logical types and driver-specific physical types
• International compatibility
  • Character sets
  • Sorting and uppercasing rules
  • Language drivers
  • Date, time, and number formats
• Other Borland online guides
  • Borland Local SQL Guide

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