Database connection in Delphi 8

Hello

  You can use OleDb data provider to work with any database has OleDb data provider drivers

Here's an example with access database

procedure TWinForm.Button1_Click(sender: System.Object; e: System.EventArgs);
var
  Cn : OleDbConnection;
  Da : OleDbDataAdapter;
  Ds : Dataset;
begin
  Cn := OleDbConnection.Create;
  Cn.ConnectionString := 'provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;data source=c:\mydb.mdb';
  da := OleDbDataAdapter.Create('Select * from Employees',Cn);
  ds := Dataset.Create;
  Da.Fill(Ds,'Employees');
  DataGrid1.DataSource := Ds.Tables[0];
end;

If you would like to use the SqlServer, you will need just to change the Connection string and all the other code will work fine
  Cn.ConnectionString := 'provider=SQLOLEDB;data source=MySqlSrv;initial catalog=northwind';

If you want a better performance with SqlServer, you should use Sqlclient data provider instead of OleDb data provider, it's the fastest way to work with sql server, but it's work only with Sql server 7/2000

it's similar to above code, but instead of using OleDbConnection it will be SqlConnection, and methods will be remain the same in most cases

also there are .Net data provider for other database, like oracle, Mysql and FireBird,

Use OleDb data provider if you would like to use the same code with multiple databases, i'm not sure if there's free OleDb provider for MySql and FireBird, but I think both of them have ODBC, so you can use ODBC .net DataProvider too :-)

I hope that help you a little, if you have more question, plz let us know ;-)

Regards,
Mohammed

Could you give me a link for a project that does the above ?
Please.
I'll give you the points after i get the example.
Thanks