FireDAC
FireDAC (Fire-Data Access Components) is a high-performance, universal data access library for Embarcadero Delphi and C++Builder, designed to provide fast connectivity to a wide array of relational database management systems. It offers a unified API for accessing various databases across…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2007
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- FireDAC was created to provide a modern, high-performance, and unified data access framework that could connect to a multitude of database systems with a single API, abstracting away database-specific details. It aimed to overcome the limitations and aging architecture of older data access technologies like the Borland Database Engine (BDE) and the feature-sparse dbExpress, offering superior performance, flexibility, and cross-platform capabilities for Delphi and C++Builder developers.
- Platforms
- Android, macOS, Linux, iOS, Windows
Related technologies
Notable users
- Government agencies (for internal applications)
- Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) using RAD Studio
- Healthcare providers (for internal applications)
- Financial Services companies (for internal applications)
- Manufacturing companies (for internal applications)