Create ODBC Connection in RAD Studio with Devart ODBC Drivers

RAD Studio is a powerful integrated development environment (IDE) widely used for building native applications across multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. It offers a wide range of capabilities, including data visualization, advanced analytics, and enterprise reporting. Developed by Embarcadero Technologies, RAD Studio provides a suite of tools for rapid application development (RAD) using languages like Delphi (Object Pascal) and C++. Additionally, the IDE supports robust database connectivity with tools like FireDAC and UniDAC to deliver seamless integration with databases.

Key Features

Direct mode

Get native connection to traditional databases and cloud-based services from RAD Studio using an ODBC driver. There is no need to use client software to establish a RAD Studio ODBC connection and fetch your sales figures table from databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or cloud services such as Salesforce, QuickBooks Online, or Zoho CRM.

SQL data type mapping

Get full support and mapping of data source-specific SQL data types to the standard ODBC data types. Access diverse data stores from RAD Studio through a unified interface with exceptional speed. Create custom mappings between 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 RAD Studio 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 RAD Studio: 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 RAD Studio to ODBC data source and access data in 3 steps

01. Install the ODBC driver and UniDAC. Configure an ODBC data source in the ODBC Data Source Administrator. To ensure that the connection is set up correctly, click Test Connection, and to save the DSN, click
OK in the dialog.

Installing an ODBC driver for Microsoft R Open

02. Open RAD Studio and select Windows VCL Application. Put the UniConnection and UniTable components on the form. In UniConnection, select ODBC from Provider and select the pre-created DSN from Server. Click Connect.

03. Open the UniTable component. Navigate to the SQL tab, and from the Table Name menu choose the table you want to work with. Once you've selected the desired table, click Data Editor. As a result, you'll see data from the requested table.

Connect the ODBC data source to RAD Studio

Why pick Devart ODBC Drivers for importing data to RAD Studio?

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 RAD Studio, 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 Microsoft ODBC 3.52 Specification

Our ODBC Drivers provide full support for the standard Open Database Connectivity API functions and data types. ODBC interface allows RAD Studio 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 RAD Studio in a single update statement while maintaining decent update speed. When you need to update a table with a million 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 you have any questions about using our ODBC Drivers with RAD Studio or join our forum to discuss anything related to the database application development with other professional developers.