Create ODBC connection in Delphi with Devart ODBC Drivers

Delphi is an object-oriented, rapid application development (RAD) environment, application platform, and a database engine for creating desktop, mobile, web, and client-server applications. Delphi data engine can manage large amounts of data, and it allows the developer to reuse component libraries across applications. It allows to effortlessly develop GUI by utilizing the Delphi libraries, assign event handlers, and made code modiciations. Delphi offers tools for building database applications, creating embedded database systems, organizing information into tables, and running queries. Devart ODBC drivers enable you connect to databases and cloud-based services through the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface and load their data into a deplhi-developed database.

Key Features

Direct mode

Native connection to traditional databases and cloud-based services from Delphi using an ODBC driver. No need to use client software to establish Delphi ODBC connection and fetch your sales figures table from databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or cloud services such as Salesforce, QuickBooks, or Zoho CRM.

SQL data type mapping

Full support and mapping of data source-specific SQL data types to the standard ODBC data types. Access diverse data stores from Delphi through a unified interface with exceptional speed. You can create custom mappings between the data source fields and ODBC data types.

Secure connection

Devart ODBC drivers use SSL / SSH and HTTPS tunneling to protect user data as it flows between a remote server and Delphi over the Internet. Tunneling allows you to send communications securely between machines.

ANSI SQL-92 standard support for cloud services

Devart ODBC drivers address one of the major challenges of retrieving data from email marketing, CRM, accounting and other cloud applications into Delphi: their lack of adequate API support for SQL-92 standard SQL commands. Our drivers are designed to get the most out of the API of a cloud-based service.

How to connect Delphi to ODBC data source and access data in 3 steps

01. Install the driver and set up the ODBC data source in driver settings. Don't forget to select the database and enter the correct credentials.

02. Start your Delphi. Create a new, or modify an already existing connection

03. Enter your details and select from the dropdown a server (data source) you are going to use for your work.

Why pick Devart ODBC Drivers for Delphi?

Fully Unicode-compliant ODBC drivers

Unicode is the universal standard for encoding characters in most languages. Our ODBC drivers provide a Unicode-compliant way to work with strings and characters in databases: they are capable of mapping Unicode function calls and string data types to ANSI encoding.

All major versions of data stores are supported

Our ODBC drivers can be used to interact and perform SQL CRUD operations on popular traditional databases and cloud services from Delphi, such as MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, or Mailchimp.

Regular feature update rollouts and timely bug fixes

Regular feature updates and timely bug fixes

We frequently release new versions of ODBC drivers with new capabilities or enhancements for already existing features. Changes and new features are added to the roadmap based on customer feedback. Bug fixes and minor improvements are released as nightly builds to resolve issues in a timely fashion.

Strict compliance with ODBC 3.52 Specification

Our ODBC drivers provide full support for the standard Open Database Connectivity API functions and data types. ODBC interface allows Delphi to connect to ODBC databases using the SQL language. Additionally, we have designed Advanced Connection String parameters that implement different types of behavior.

Exceptional SQL query performance and bulk updates

Our ODBC drivers allow you to perform bulk record update in Delphi in a single update statement while maintaining decent update speed. When you need to update a table with a million of records, you can use a single update operation which significantly reduces execution time compared to row-by-row operations.

Team of expert support engineers and community of developers

Contact our friendly knowledgeable support team for assistance if have any questions about using our ODBC drivers with Delphi, or join our forum to discuss anything related to the database application development with other professional developers.