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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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Borland Database engine on Windows 10 (1703)

Since Win10pro (1606) Borland Database Engine worked fine. I installed Win10pro build 1703 and when i run Database Desktop, it open saying that private and working dirs are invalid or undefined (administrator mode) and then, clicking OK, just…
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ORA-01426: numeric overflow exception when executing stored procedure

I ported a Delphi 6 application to Delphi 2007 and it uses BDE to connect to an Oracle 9i database. I am getting an ORA-01426: numeric overflow exception When I execute a stored procedure. This happens randomly and if I re-run the stored procedure…
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"NOT NULL" column in Paradox DB?

Is there any way to prevent a null-fields in Paradox? When I try i exec. CREATE TABLE "users" ( user_id INTEGER NOT NULL ) I get Capability not supported. (BDE error 12289). When there is no "NOT NULL" args - it's OK. P.S. I work in SQL explorer…
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Is there no SERVER NAME Parameter for BDE in Delphi 2010?

We are migrating a pretty big application crafted in Delphi 5 (still getting customers using this old versions) that uses BDE to connect to a SQL Server. The decided path to migrating is first Delphi 5 to Delphi 2010, then BDE to dbExpress (or dbGO,…
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FireDac Query Field size does not update on sql change

this may sound stupid and i can be missing something important, but here it goes. I'm migrating an old software from BDE to Firedac and i noticed some strange behaviors (XE6 VCL - Firedac ). Imagine this: We have a Query that has a simple sql…
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Can I use Delphi to write to BDE and PHP to read from it?

I strongly prefer not to use additional 3rd party components, libraries or DLLs (at least in v1.0), unless there is absolutely no other solution. Question: (how) can I use Delphi to progrtiamatically crate a BDE database and write to it, then use…
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ADO Error exception handling?

I just switched from using the BDE to ADO by replacing the Tables and Queries to its equivalent in ADO components. I'm always execute the query inside try...catch like this: //Fdm is Data Module //TEndOfDay is TTable //QEndOfDay is…
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Interbase Error: SQLDA missing or incorrect version, or incorrect number/type of variables

I get this error on many of the TQuery connected to Interbase via BDE. Exact message is: General SQL Error. Dynamic SQL Error, SQL error code = -804, SQLDA missing or incorrect version, or incorrect number/type of variables. The message appears…
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Bde Installer on these Embarcadero days

Somebody could please tell me where I could find the good ol' BDE installer? These links won't work anymore: http://info.borland.com/devsupport/bde/bdeupdate.html
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Ways to get Woll2Woll working with Delphi 7 dbExpress?

My understanding is that the Delphi components in Woll2Woll inherit directly from the BDE, which we are trying to get rid of in order to increase compatibility and stability in Windows 7. But we want to keep the TwwwDbGrid data-aware component. I…
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"Insufficient Memory" when running query in Delphi 7 using BDE Paradox 7

When I run the program which is connect to a paradox database (*.db), it show error message something like project myprogram.exe raised exception class EDBEngineError with message Insufficient memory for this operation. I use the DataSource1, Table1…
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Delphi: Migrating from BDE to DBExpress Tutorial

I'm attempting to migrate a Delphi application using BDE, with DBF/MDX data files, to DBExpress using local data files. Simply replacing TTable components with TClientDataset resulted in errors involving the index properties. I Googled it and all…
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Parallel using Paradox database with c# JET and another program

I'm looking for how to access a Paradox database with C#. The problem is that, on workstation is all ready running program, which using target database. Until it's running, oleDbConnection.Open() throws an exception. If I'm not running program in…
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In Delphi get value from lookup field

I have database Paradox 7. Two tables: Order -------- OCode ODate // Buy date OCount // Product count PPrice // Price of product in current moment PCode // Product code CCode //Client code Product --------- PCode PName PPrice On…
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Strange behavior by the BDE Administrator

Logged into my Windows XP SP2 computer using my normal user account (which has Local Admin privileges), when I start the BDE Administrator -- either from the Control Panel or from the BDEADMIN.EXE directly -- I never get the GUI. It shows up on my…
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