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Pervasive Direct Access Components (PDAC)

Featuring both Relational and Transactional data access methods, Pervasive Direct Access Components (PDAC) is the Pervasive PSQL replacement for the Borland Database Engine (BDE) included with Delphi and C++ Builder. Simply plug in the PDAC components and you are ready to develop applications. Pervasive has taken great care to ensure that any developer familiar with the BDE development model can quickly and easily use the PDAC components.

Documentation

You can view documentation relating to PDAC in the Pervasive Library.

PDAC section of Pervasive Library

Downloads

PDAC Developer Components
PDAC 10.0 (Supports PSQL v10 and Delphi 2007)	Read Me	Download (10.50 MB)
PDAC 9.5 support for Delphi 2007	Read Me
PDAC 9.5 (Supports PSQL 9.5 and Delphi 2006)	Read Me	Download (17.70 MB)
PDAC 9.1 (Supports PSQL 8.7, 9.1)	Read Me	Download (18.40 MB)
PDAC 8.5 (Supports PSQL 8.5, 8.6, 8.7)	Read Me	Download (14.50 MB)

Technical & White Papers

In addition to online help files included with the components, Pervasive often features White papers that focus on a particular subject.

Code Snippets and Samples

The following are the code snippets and samples not included with the component install.

Code Snippets and Code Samples
PDAC Delphi June 2003 sample	Read Me	Download
PDAC, DELPHI 5, and Woll to Woll	Read Me	Download
C++ Builder	Read Me	Download
PDAC Samples	Read Me	Download (618 Kb)
Delphi 5 PDAC	Read Me	Download

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