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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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How does Paradox manage null and empty values?

I'm using Paradox tables through Borland Database Engine (BDE). I'm not able to realise the way null and empty string values are handled in string fields (Paradox data type "A"). My specific problem is how to determine if a field value is null or…
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Paradox Database with BDE - Forcing changes to disk while database/table open

We have a Paradox Database table that we want to mirror across the network using something like DSynchronize. The issue that I am seeing is that Paradox through the BDE (Borland Database Engine) does not update the file system until the table is…
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Delphi BDE PostgreSQL query execution (syntax error)

I am using BDS 2006 with PostgreSQL for my application. I have the following code consisting of the query for finding the Primary key values inside my Table. Query.SQL.Clear; Query.SQL.Add('SELECT…
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EDBEngineError 'table is readonly'

I have 3 TQueries: qy_master, qy_detail, qy_detail2, master of qy_detail2 is qy_detail, master of qy_detail is qy_Master, all queries have corresponding data-sources, I placed queries in datamodule, when datamodule create I activate those…
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DBRichEdit RTF encoding lost transitioning application from BDE to DBX

My team is converting a BDE application to DBX using D2007. A TTable has been replaced with a TSQLDataSet/TDataSetProvider/TClientDataSet combination. A TStringField has been used to access the RTF in the Oracle varchar field via a TDBRichedit…
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What standard does BDE use for .sch schema files?

I was wondering - is there a standard (like a RFC) for the .sch schema file format the BDE uses? The format is described here and here. It seems based on this Microsoft format, but it's not quite the same. Example 1 - VARYING format…
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BDE dbidorestructure returns empty table

In my (Delphi Sydney, Win 10) application I use BDE (yes even today). I want to modify its existed (Paradox) tables when I change/alter/drop fields. I found a freeware component (TFieldUpdate v1.1, by Nathanial Woolls) that works except that it…
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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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BDE and Slovak language. Is there any driver for it?

We have an application built in Delphi 5 which uses Paradox Tables and BDEADMIN. One of our clients needs to use Slovakian Characters like ž I've been googling all over and testing but I can't find the right language drivers in BDEADMIN to work…
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BDE, Windows 7 and UAC

I have a very old application written in delphi 5 running in some customers which uses the BDE. Now some users with Windows Vista and 7, had experimented some problems with the multiuser access. i' think which these problems are related to the…
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How to fix "No more files" error in Delphi application with Paradox tables on Windows 10 1803?

In old Delphi applications which use the old and deprecated but still used BDE database engine with Paradox database files residing on a Windows 10 computer that's updated to the 1803 "Spring Creators Update" version, but the client computers using…
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BDE says "Field not found" but field exists

I have the following query to one of my database tables: select count(*) as mycount from mytable where fieldone = :fieldone and fieldtwo = :fieldtwo Parameters are correctly loaded into the query (both of type String). When I run this query…
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BDE to FireDAC: pack table, regenerate index

An old program of ours uses dBase tables and an .MDX index - other systems use these tables too, so we're stuck with them. We wish to replace BDE with FireDAC in our software. It seems that BDE methods DbiRegenIndex and DbiPackTable (regenerate…
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BCB: from BDE to dbexpress, BCD exception

I'm having some problem about TSQLStoredProcedure. Here is the code: storedproc->ParamByName("A")->AsInteger = adataset->FieldByName("AA")->AsInteger; storedproc->ExecProc(); param "A" is declared integer in the form (and it's 29 in the program).…
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BDE inmem000.rem access/sharing violation

I have this proprietary web CGI executable which opens a connection to a BDE Thingy each time a page is requested. I do know nothing of the workings of that compiled exe, nor of BDE, but I observed that during each page request BDE generates a…
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