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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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Interbase Error: SQLDA missing or incorrect version, or incorrect number/type of variables

I get this error on many of the TQuery connected to Interbase via BDE. Exact message is: General SQL Error. Dynamic SQL Error, SQL error code = -804, SQLDA missing or incorrect version, or incorrect number/type of variables. The message appears…
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Bde Installer on these Embarcadero days

Somebody could please tell me where I could find the good ol' BDE installer? These links won't work anymore: http://info.borland.com/devsupport/bde/bdeupdate.html
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Ways to get Woll2Woll working with Delphi 7 dbExpress?

My understanding is that the Delphi components in Woll2Woll inherit directly from the BDE, which we are trying to get rid of in order to increase compatibility and stability in Windows 7. But we want to keep the TwwwDbGrid data-aware component. I…
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"Insufficient Memory" when running query in Delphi 7 using BDE Paradox 7

When I run the program which is connect to a paradox database (*.db), it show error message something like project myprogram.exe raised exception class EDBEngineError with message Insufficient memory for this operation. I use the DataSource1, Table1…
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Delphi: Migrating from BDE to DBExpress Tutorial

I'm attempting to migrate a Delphi application using BDE, with DBF/MDX data files, to DBExpress using local data files. Simply replacing TTable components with TClientDataset resulted in errors involving the index properties. I Googled it and all…
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Parallel using Paradox database with c# JET and another program

I'm looking for how to access a Paradox database with C#. The problem is that, on workstation is all ready running program, which using target database. Until it's running, oleDbConnection.Open() throws an exception. If I'm not running program in…
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In Delphi get value from lookup field

I have database Paradox 7. Two tables: Order -------- OCode ODate // Buy date OCount // Product count PPrice // Price of product in current moment PCode // Product code CCode //Client code Product --------- PCode PName PPrice On…
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Strange behavior by the BDE Administrator

Logged into my Windows XP SP2 computer using my normal user account (which has Local Admin privileges), when I start the BDE Administrator -- either from the Control Panel or from the BDEADMIN.EXE directly -- I never get the GUI. It shows up on my…
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How to use BDE dbiDoRestructure to add fields in Delphi 10.4?

I am trying to make a function to add / delete / modify fields of Paradox Tables using BDE.dbiDoRestructure (see my other question BDE dbidorestructure returns empty table), but while I get the Table restructured properly and the grid shows the…
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How can I do this in Delphi?

I am converting an application from BDE to ADO. Under the BDE, if a query was Open and you called "Sql.Clear", it would automatically close the dataset. However, this is not the case under TADOQuery, where it will raise an exception "Operation…
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Multiple users accessing the same BDE Alias, but accessing different directories

Background: I have an application written in Delphi that uses the Borland Database Engine (BDE) that looks at its data through a BDE Alias. I've managed to get it running via Remote Desktop Services, where each user looks at the same location for…
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How can I make sure that BDE *.MB files are being deleted once I finish my Delphi app?

I'm working on a Delphi 4 application (Don't ask me why, I already know it's so old but I had to, it's more complex to explain this, just boss demands). This Delphi application creates a lot of *.MB files on execution (All good for now), it uses…
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Problem in Delphi/BDE App - Ora-942 table or view does not exist

I can not explain this, i keep gettign the Message "Ora942-table or view does not exist" from one pc while i dont get it from the other one, both access the same Schema and Database and has the same alias in tnsnames.ora. The table exists in the…
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Insufficient memory for this operation error - Delphi 5 and BDE

I have an application developed in Delphi 5 that uses BDE to access the SQL Server database. This application normally ran on a Windows Server 2012. The product has undergone an infrastructure change, and now runs on other 64-bit Windows Server 2012…
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AfterScroll and AfterOpen on TQuery

My application has a TQuery component where I need to do stuff in its AfterScroll() event: void __fastcall TFormMain::Query1AfterScroll(TDataSet *DataSet) { // do stuff here... } The problem is that the AfterScroll event is obviously fired…
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