Developer's Guide
This guide coversd the "how-to" information on developing InterBase database applications using Embarcadero development tools, JDBC, and ODBC. Topics include:
- Connecting to databases
- Understanding datasets
- Working with tables, queries, stored procedures, cached updated and events
- Working with UDF and Blob filters
- Importing and exporting data
- Working with InterBase Services
- Writing install wizards
Chapters
| Chapter | Product | |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1: Using the InterBase Developers Guide | Intended audience and coverage | |
| Chapter 2: Client/Server Concepts | Architecture of client/server systems using InterBase, including the definition of client and server, and options for application development | |
| Chapter 3: Programming Applications with Delphi or C++ Builder | Describes how to attach to and detach from databases, and how to request information about attachments | |
| Chapter 4: Programming with JDBC | Building InterBase applications using InterClient,InterServer, and JBuilder | |
| Chapter 5: Programming Applications with ODBC | Programming InterBase applications with ODBC and OLE DB; programming with the ODBC driver and configuring and using ODBC data sources. | |
| Chapter 6: Working with UDFs and Blob Filters | Working with UDFs: UDF libraries, declaring the functions to the database, calling the functions; working with Blob filters | |
| Chapter 7: Designing Database Applications | Designing a database application, including the decisions involved in designing a user interface, how to use databases, and database architecture | |
| Chapter 8: Building Multi-tiered Applicatins | Understanding the elements of a database application, including datasets and transactions | |
| Chapter 9: Introduction to IBX | Using InterBase Express (IBX) data access components | |
| Chapter 10: Connecting to Databases | Database components and how to manipulate database connections | |
| Chapter 11: Importing and Exporting Data | Using IBX components to migrate data to and from a database | |
| Chapter 12: Working with Interbase Services | Building InterBase services into your applications | |
| Chapter 13: Programming with Database Events | Using an IBX TIBEvents component to manage InterBase server events | |
| Chapter 14: Working with Cached Updates | Working with cached updates, and using the TIBUpdateSQL component to update datasets | |
| Chapter 15: Understanding Datasets | Working with datasets and TDataSet | |
| Chapter 16: Working with Queries | Working with datasets and TDataSet | |
| Chapter 17: Working with Tables | Working with tables and TIBTable | |
| Chapter 18: Working with Stored Procedures | Using InterBase stored procedures in your database applications | |
| Chapter 19: Debugging with SQL Monitor | Using TIBSQLMonitor to monitor the dynamic SQL passing through the InterBase server | |
| Chapter 20: Writing Installation Wizards | Using TIBSetup, TIBInstall, and TIBUninstall to build an InterBase installation program |