With the Direct Oracle Access component set for Delphi or C++Builder you can access any Oracle database directly, skipping the BDE. These easy to use components give you the highest possible performance and allow you to use all Oracle specific features, eliminating the distribution and configuration problems of the BDE.

High performanceBoth online transaction and batch processing applications can benefit from Oracle’s performance features. Direct Oracle Access, as the name suggests, directly accesses the Oracle Interface. This guarantees optimal performance for standard database access functions. Support for Array Fetching, Array DML, PL/SQL Blocks, PL/SQL Tables, Local Statement Caching and the Direct Path Load Engine enable you to optimize your application’s performance critical functions even more.
Easy application distributionA Direct Oracle Access application does not require middleware like the BDE or ODBC, it merely requires Oracle SQL*Net or Net8. Consequently you can deploy your application without many of the version dependency or configuration problems typically involved with middleware installation.
Oracle Package supportMost PL/SQL code in Oracle databases is programmed in packages. Direct Oracle Access provides a TOraclePackage component that allows you to easily call packaged program units without detailed declarations of these program units and their parameters.Furthermore Direct Oracle Access includes a Package Wizard that can generate classes to encapsulate the program units and record types defined in packages. This will make your Oracle packages a natural extension of the Object Pascal or C++ language.

System requirementsDirect Oracle Access requires a Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 client, with Oracle SQL*Net, Net 8, Net 9, Net 10, Net 11, Net 12, Net 18, Net 19, Net 21 or Net 23 installed. The supported Oracle Server versions are 7.x, 8.x, 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c, 21c and 23c on any platform. Direct Oracle Access is available for all recent versions of Delphi and C++Builder.