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