Focus on Code

If you’re searching for a database solution for your Delphi/Builder applications Advantage Database can be a good option.

I’ve using advantage local server for two years. It’s a very stable local server. It has most of the modern SQL features. It has a good table based encryption. ( With advantage local server you cannot only encrypt the table’s connection, you can encrypt datas that table has. So we can say it’s secure if our application is also secure ). The performance is supreme whether you’re running long, loooong, loooooooooong queries using multiple tables, lots of SQL functions, etc.

And two good points with Advantage. The producer of Advantage, Sybase iAnywhere distributes a program for doing all the of the operations over local tables (creating,manipulating,running queries, etc) with a user friendly gui. Additionally they distribute Delphi/Kylic/Bc++ components for doing all of the operations on tables.

Lets write some advantages of the advantage local server :

1. It requires no licencing for desktop application limited to one user;
2. You have the chance to encrypt table names, column names, table contents;
3. It has a linux version (sure you can use Advantage components on Kylix);
4. Components for using advantage with Delphi is created by producer of advantage itself. They’re fully free to use.
5. There’s no need for any extra registry options when you distribute your program;
6. There’s no need to distribute large api dll’s with your program for advantage;
7. It has most modern SQL requirements like stored procedures

I’m thinking to write more about Advantage Local Server.

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