Searching for BDE DDK !

[Hakan CELIK]

Hello,
I'm an analyst programmer using Delphi 4.0. I need to be able to write a
database driver for BDE (like the supplied ones, dBase, Paradox). But, I
couldn't find any usable information on DDK.
Recently, in the web site of Borland, I come across Delphi 3 features sheet
(http://www.borland.com/delphi/delprev/delphi3/del3feaben.html#scalable)
which said Driver Development Kit is included with Delphi 3.
It says
"Delphi 3 allows you to create high-speed native drivers
for access to legacy database. Native drivers offer
greater performance and more power than the lowest
common denominator solution, ODBC. The Driver
Development Kit (DDK) allows you to create native
drivers for the Borland Database Engine. Native drivers
created with the DDK can be used with any Borland
product using the BDE, including: Delphi, C++ Builder,
IntraBuilder, and JBuilder. "

But, in Delphi4 features sheet
(http://www.borland.com/delphi/del4feaben.html#open) there
is nothing like that and I couldn't find it in Delphi 4 (even if it exists)
up to date <g>
I don't know if I'm overlooking something really obvious but I would very
much like to get this DDK. If it really is in Delphi 3, then should I do a
BACKWARDS upgrade to Delphi 3 ? <g>
Can you help ?
Thanks in advance. Hakan CELIK.

[Jeff Overcash (TeamB)]

If you are interested in doing this for D3 and on, instead of using the
BDE DDK you really should use a TDataSet descendant instead of writing a
BDE driver. The BDE DDK is a pure C SDK and is not well documented.
Also it has not been regularly updated since BDE 3.51 (IIRC). Borland
highly recommends going the virtual Dataset direction. The only reason
to write a BDE driver would be if you had to support Delphi 2 or BCB1
and earlier BC++ compilers.

IIRC Delphi 3 did not acutally ship with the DDK. It was pulled late
and next to no one noticed it was not there.

Hakan CELIK wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm an analyst programmer using Delphi 4.0. I need to be able to write a
> database driver for BDE (like the supplied ones, dBase, Paradox). But, I
> couldn't find any usable information on DDK.
> Recently, in the web site of Borland, I come across Delphi 3 features sheet
> (http://www.borland.com/delphi/delprev/delphi3/del3feaben.html#scalable)
> which said Driver Development Kit is included with Delphi 3.
> It says
> "Delphi 3 allows you to create high-speed native drivers
> for access to legacy database. Native drivers offer
> greater performance and more power than the lowest
> common denominator solution, ODBC. The Driver
> Development Kit (DDK) allows you to create native
> drivers for the Borland Database Engine. Native drivers
> created with the DDK can be used with any Borland
> product using the BDE, including: Delphi, C++ Builder,
> IntraBuilder, and JBuilder. "
>

Jeff Overcash (TeamB)