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BDE is the abbreviation for Borland Database Engine.

Borland Database Engine (BDE) is a legacy Windows-based database engine providing database connectivity for Delphi and C++ Builder via SQL Links and ODBC.

It was replaced in 2000 by dbExpress.

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Paradox Database with BDE - Forcing changes to disk while database/table open

We have a Paradox Database table that we want to mirror across the network using something like DSynchronize. The issue that I am seeing is that Paradox through the BDE (Borland Database Engine) does not update the file system until the table is…
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Delphi BDE PostgreSQL query execution (syntax error)

I am using BDS 2006 with PostgreSQL for my application. I have the following code consisting of the query for finding the Primary key values inside my Table. Query.SQL.Clear; Query.SQL.Add('SELECT…
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EDBEngineError 'table is readonly'

I have 3 TQueries: qy_master, qy_detail, qy_detail2, master of qy_detail2 is qy_detail, master of qy_detail is qy_Master, all queries have corresponding data-sources, I placed queries in datamodule, when datamodule create I activate those…
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DBRichEdit RTF encoding lost transitioning application from BDE to DBX

My team is converting a BDE application to DBX using D2007. A TTable has been replaced with a TSQLDataSet/TDataSetProvider/TClientDataSet combination. A TStringField has been used to access the RTF in the Oracle varchar field via a TDBRichedit…
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What standard does BDE use for .sch schema files?

I was wondering - is there a standard (like a RFC) for the .sch schema file format the BDE uses? The format is described here and here. It seems based on this Microsoft format, but it's not quite the same. Example 1 - VARYING format…
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BDE dbidorestructure returns empty table

In my (Delphi Sydney, Win 10) application I use BDE (yes even today). I want to modify its existed (Paradox) tables when I change/alter/drop fields. I found a freeware component (TFieldUpdate v1.1, by Nathanial Woolls) that works except that it…
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BDE and Slovak language. Is there any driver for it?

We have an application built in Delphi 5 which uses Paradox Tables and BDEADMIN. One of our clients needs to use Slovakian Characters like ž I've been googling all over and testing but I can't find the right language drivers in BDEADMIN to work…
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BDE, Windows 7 and UAC

I have a very old application written in delphi 5 running in some customers which uses the BDE. Now some users with Windows Vista and 7, had experimented some problems with the multiuser access. i' think which these problems are related to the…
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BDE to FireDAC: pack table, regenerate index

An old program of ours uses dBase tables and an .MDX index - other systems use these tables too, so we're stuck with them. We wish to replace BDE with FireDAC in our software. It seems that BDE methods DbiRegenIndex and DbiPackTable (regenerate…
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BCB: from BDE to dbexpress, BCD exception

I'm having some problem about TSQLStoredProcedure. Here is the code: storedproc->ParamByName("A")->AsInteger = adataset->FieldByName("AA")->AsInteger; storedproc->ExecProc(); param "A" is declared integer in the form (and it's 29 in the program).…
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Borland Database engine on Windows 10 (1703)

Since Win10pro (1606) Borland Database Engine worked fine. I installed Win10pro build 1703 and when i run Database Desktop, it open saying that private and working dirs are invalid or undefined (administrator mode) and then, clicking OK, just…
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ORA-01426: numeric overflow exception when executing stored procedure

I ported a Delphi 6 application to Delphi 2007 and it uses BDE to connect to an Oracle 9i database. I am getting an ORA-01426: numeric overflow exception When I execute a stored procedure. This happens randomly and if I re-run the stored procedure…
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Is there no SERVER NAME Parameter for BDE in Delphi 2010?

We are migrating a pretty big application crafted in Delphi 5 (still getting customers using this old versions) that uses BDE to connect to a SQL Server. The decided path to migrating is first Delphi 5 to Delphi 2010, then BDE to dbExpress (or dbGO,…
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Can I use Delphi to write to BDE and PHP to read from it?

I strongly prefer not to use additional 3rd party components, libraries or DLLs (at least in v1.0), unless there is absolutely no other solution. Question: (how) can I use Delphi to progrtiamatically crate a BDE database and write to it, then use…
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ADO Error exception handling?

I just switched from using the BDE to ADO by replacing the Tables and Queries to its equivalent in ADO components. I'm always execute the query inside try...catch like this: //Fdm is Data Module //TEndOfDay is TTable //QEndOfDay is…
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