Additional dbExpress driver options
Abstract: John K culled a list of third-party drivers available for dbExpress from the dbExpress newsgroups, and has compiled it in this article.
Third-Party dbExpress drivers
On the dbExpress newsgroups recently, I asked people to provide information on any dbExpress drivers they have written, because there seem to be more coming out all the time. I'm listing them here in the order they were provided to me on the newsgroup.
dbExpress driver name dbExpress for Client Access/400, dbexpca400.dll
Platforms supported Windows 9x/NT/2k with Client Access installed
Database supported DB2/400 (AS/400 databases)
Language used release 1.0 was BC++, release 2 is Delphi
Download URL Delphi6 companion CD, https://www.sawatzki.de
https://codecentral.borland.com/codecentral/ccweb.exe/listing?id=15909
dbExpress driver name SQLTHINK.DLL / libsqlthink.so.0
Platforms supported Windows, Linux
Database supported ThinkSQL RDBMS
Language used Delphi / Kylix (for driver and server)
Download URL https://www.thinksql.co.uk
dbExpress driver name dbExpress for ADO
Platforms supported Windows 9x/NT/2K with MDAC
Database supported Anything with an OLEDB provider
Language used Delphi
Download URL https://islamov.com/dbexpress/
dbExpress driver name dbExpress for ODBC
Platforms supported Windows 9x/NT/2K with ODBC
Database supported Anything with an ODBC driver
Language used Delphi
Download URL https://islamov.com/dbexpress/
dbExpress driver name dbExpress for MS SQL
Platforms supported Windows 9x/NT/2K with DB-LIB
Database supported MS SQL Server 7/2K
Language used Delphi
Download URL https://islamov.com/dbexpress/
dbExpress driver name dbxoodbc - Open Source DbExpress driver for ODBC
Platforms supported Microsoft Windows. May work on Linux, but untested
Database supported Any ODBC compliant database. Vendor has personally tested against
Gupta (formerly Centura) SqlBase 7.5
IBM DB2 7.1 (personal edition)
Microsoft SqlServer 7 and 2000
MySql 3.23
Borland Interbase with EasySoft ODBC driver
It has been reported to work with
Oracle
Mimer
SAPDB
It does not appear to work with
Informix (column names truncated)
Language used Delphi
Download URL https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-dbexpress/
dbExpress driver name dbExpress for Informix
Platforms supported Windows 9x/NT/2K, Linux
Database supported Informix 7,9
Language used C++
Download URL https://www.luxena.com/download.htm
dbExpress driver name Easysoft dbExpress-ODBC Gateway
Platforms supported Microsoft Windows. Linux.
Database supported Any ODBC compliant database.
Fully tested with Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager
Fully tested with unixODBC Driver Manager
Linux access to over 100 ODBC data bases when used with the Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge
Language used C
Download URL https://www.easysoft.com/products/9999/platforms.phtml?product=2202
If you provide a dbExpress driver, please add a comment to this article to list it here.
Thanks! I hope you find the database connection solution you need either with the dbExpress drivers Borland provides, or those available from a third party.
John Kaster, Borland DevRel
Archive of https://support.embarcadero.com/article/28371 (Published 3/12/2002)