Re: Delphi personal (was Playing with PostgreSQL and Access VBA)

I'm pretty sure that zeosdbo needs a version of Delphi with TDataset
support. I don't think that the Personal editions have that. You can use
the direct access parts of Zeos with the personal editions but then you
might as well use Free Pascal and Lazarus as they have just ported ZeosDbo
see http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/.

Ben

"Tony Caduto" <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com> wrote in message
news:426BC579(dot)3010404(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot)
> All you need is the Personal Edition of say Delphi 6 or Delphi 7, and even
> Delphi 2005.
> For Delphi 2005 personal edition see this link:
> http://andy.jgknet.de/oss/kylix/wiki/index.php/Delphi_2005_Personal_Edition_xmlrtl.dcp_fake
> Heck, Delphi 5 is still extremely viable and can do anything 6,7 or 2005
> can do, and I bet you can find version 5 on ebay or elseware for dirt
> cheap.
>
> The personal editions do not include database access components by
> themselves, but you certainly can use third party tools such as Zeos
> (http://www.zeoslib.net) or those from
> http://www.microolap.com.
> You could even grab a copy of libpq.pas if you want to do direct access to
> PG.
>
> You get what you pay for and there is nothing available for Python or
> WXwidgets that even comes close to Delphi for RAD/GUI database
> development.
> Not to mention all the other stuff you can do with Delphi, it's also a
> great programming language for console apps, services, TCP/IP servers.
> There are even remote control applications built with it ala PC Anywhere.
>
>
> Plus if you call borland, I am sure they would give you the upgrade price
> if you have a old copy of VB laying around for a competive upgrade.
>
>>> I was very impressed by what one member said regarding Delphi, but,
>>> when I looked at pricing,... well I would have to lie through my teeth
>>> to get the cheap academic version, and the personal version sounds like
>>> it doesnt have the file access abilities for PostgreSQL. And the prices
>>> for enterprise versions at programmersparadise.com like $4000, sort of
>>> puts me off.
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