Topic 

Description 

Defining Connection 

Describes how to store and use AnyDAC connection parameters and what is a connection definition. To specify connection parameters an application must use a connection definition. The connection definition is a set of parameters. A connection may be also pooled. 

Configuring Drivers 

Describes how to configure the AnyDAC DBMS drivers, including how to specify a DBMS client library. To link an AnyDAC driver to an application, specify DBMS client to the driver and other optional parameters, an application may use a TADPhysXXXDriverLink components and/or external configuration file. 

Setting Options 

Describes why the set of options makes AnyDAC a flexible database framework and how to use the options. AnyDAC offers the wide range of the options organized into an hierarchical options system. Most of the options may be leaved with their default values. 

Establishing Connection 

Describes how to open and close connection to a DBMS using AnyDAC. To open a connection to a database AnyDAC offers the TADConnection component. 

Recovering Connection 

Describes how to work in an unstable environment. AnyDAC allows an application to recover from a connection failure. 

Offlining Connection 

Describes how to use AnyDAC offline mode allows to work with data without a persistent connection to a database. 

Managing Transactions 

Describes how to manage DBMS transactions using AnyDAC. To handle database transactions AnyDAC offers the TADConnection and TADTransaction components. 

Handling Errors 

Describes how to handle database errors with AnyDAC. 

Multi Threading 

Describes how to use AnyDAC in multi threading environment. 

DLL Development 

Describes how to use AnyDAC in the dynamic loading libraries. 

Unicode Support 

Describes how AnyDAC works with Unicode data and metadata. AnyDAC fully support Unicode data and metadata. Although an application may need to take the additional steps to use Unicode properly.