I would like to hear from those of you who have developed some
large c/s database applications using Delphi. With all this
hype about delphi blazingly fast than VB, we are evaluating
using Delphi for large c/s database application. I would
like responses on the following issues:

1) Is database access performance (backend, e.g. Sybase, Oracle)
   significantly fast versus VB4 RDO or DAOs.  Is it worth making
   a transition to Delphi in your opinion.

2) Are there any drawbacks in terms of gotchas or problems/bugs
   in Delphi that we ought to be aware of.

3) Can Delphi BDE engine access Microsoft Access MDBs. Are there any
   limitations to what can be done.

4) Can Delphi talk to backend through ODBC drivers. If ODBC is the
   interface, then is database access any faster in Delphi vs. VB.

5) Please describe any of your failures or successes with Delphi that
   in your opinion ought to be a consideration what selecting Delphi
   or VB.

6) What is the native database for Delphi? Is it Paradox or Infobase?

Thanks for you help in advance.

Regards

1) Sub-selects are not supported
2) Editable dynasets based on joins are not supported
3) "Order by" not supported when doing "Group by"

Apparently the only way to access Access databases is through ODBC, and
you must get an updated driver from MS.

The native database is Paradox (5, I believe).

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Anybody knows any nice thiry-party add-on for calendar? I need one in my
application, but I do not want to reinvent the wheel.

Many thanks in advance.