to retrieve information from a database, you have to do a lot of reading, depending on your level of knowledge, but here you can find information from beginning to end:
http://delphi.about.com/od
Main Topics
Browse All TopicsI was asked to build an application which will be called from a existing program.
I have to do 3 main things:
1) Receive a parameter via command line. (Somewhere in the existing program, I will be called "MYPROGRAM 1234").
2) With the received parameter (1234 in the case) I need to retrieve data in tables within a local MSSQL database.
3) With the data retrieved from tables I need to consume a Web Service passing formatted XML data.
I have Delphi 2005 Professional installed but never made an application with such kind of complexity.
Where do I start?
What kind of application will It be?
Is there an article or example?
Need help from some patient guy. It will be many questions...
This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.
Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.
If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.
Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.
Access the answers to your technology questions today.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.

Try it out and discover for yourself.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.
to retrieve information from a database, you have to do a lot of reading, depending on your level of knowledge, but here you can find information from beginning to end:
http://delphi.about.com/od
3) With the data retrieved from tables I need to consume a Web Service passing formatted XML data.
so you are going to take the data that comes out of the database, format it in XML, then pass it to a web service?
if you are doing that, then that's a wrong approach, a web service in itself is formatted in XML
do you have control over the web service?
what parameters are expected from the web service?
Business Accounts
Answer for Membership
by: BlackTigerXPosted on 2006-04-06 at 19:23:49ID: 16397444
1) Receive a parameter via command line.
var
yourparam:string;
begin
if (ParamCount >0) then
yourparam:=ParamStr(1);