Thank you for the explanations.

I've managed to upgrade the database to SQL Dialect 3 as there were
some reserved keywords (TYPE) used for column names that were used by
the previous developers, giving serious errors.

I do understand the basic concepts and the layers of the software (at
some level), however, just as with everything, practise helps to
improve learning; especially difficult is finding the perfect
documentation to explain concepts. It helps having experts online in
my case.


Kind Regards,

Gaurav

On 5/3/06, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
> At 06:31 PM 3/05/2006, you wrote:
> > >
> > > All this presupposes you are using Firebird 1.5, not Fb 1.0 or
> > > InterBase. So let's be clear about that first. I observe a few
> > > warning signals in your various posts that you might be using an old
> > > version of InterBase and not Firebird at all, e.g. the reference to
> > > QuickReport (which has been gone from Delphi for years) and the fact
> > > that you are possibly using the BDE and driver versions that came
> > > with Delphi 4 or 5, which don't support Firebird 1.5.
> > >
> >
> >I am indeed using Firebird 1.5, however, also using the BDE, as this
> >application doesn't seem to work without the drivers for BDE.
>
> It wouldn't.
>
> >I don't know if I have scope on this project to change the software so it
> >doesn't use the BDE, however, it seems to work.
>
> I'm not suggesting that you do. If I understand this whole thing at
> all, you're not even at the stage yet where you understand enough
> about the model to connect a remote client to a database. The
> comments above relate to my suspicion that you are using a very old,
> i.e. InterBase 4 or 5, driver. That might or might not matter,
> depending on whether you upgraded the database to Dialect 3 (which
> you haven't mentioned).
>
> >Do you mind explaining the use/ interaction of these drivers ?
>
> Very briefly, the BDE (Borland Database Engine) is a complex software
> layer that translates various generic database structures to make
> them behave in ways that the Delphi data access components expect
> these structures to behave, no matter what database engine lies
> behind. It's a very "heavy" layer, because it's forcing all
> databases to behave as though they were Paradox databases. Each
> different database engine has an API (application programming
> interface) that provides programmatic structures that C/C++
> applications can use. Between the BDE and the engine-specific API is
> the driver, e.g. in this case, the InterBase driver, or maybe
> Borland's BDE/ODBC driver, provides a custom "interpretation layer"
> between the BDE and the API.
>
> >Why would I need to have BDE installed for this application to work
> >(due to the errors from my previous post, something like 'Cannot
> >initalise BDE $2108' )
>
> Because it is the interface that your application code was written
> for, i.e. Delphi VCL components that are bound to the BDE.
>
> >The QuickReport software has been purchased again as the previous
> >developers used it for creating reports, and I had no choice but to
> >use it again. (budget/time constraint).
>
> Basically, if the data access layers work (VCL + BDE + driver) then
> QR should work with it - provided it's the right version of QR for
> the Delphi version.
>
> >PS : This is my first Delphi/Firebird project upgrading an
> >application...without a team environment to ask questions of...I
> >appreicate your advice.
>
> Sure, you seem to have been given a very tall order. There are
> channels for Delphi developers (use Google and/or search the
> developer archives at the Borland site) and the VCL helpfile has to
> be the first stop for understanding how the components hook up together.
>
> ./heLen
>
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