<s>
Borland	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
(	O
BDE	B-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
Windows-based	O
core	O
database	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
and	O
connectivity	O
software	O
behind	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
,	O
C++Builder	B-Language
,	O
IntraBuilder	O
,	O
Paradox	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Visual	O
dBASE	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Borland	O
’s	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
had	O
a	O
"	O
database	O
"	O
Toolbox	O
add-on	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
Borland	O
compiler	O
add-ons	O
that	O
facilitated	O
database	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
came	O
the	O
Paradox	B-Application
Engine	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
–	O
PXENGWIN	O
–	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
compiled	O
into	O
a	O
program	O
to	O
facilitate	O
connectivity	O
to	O
Paradox	B-Application
tables	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
DLL-based	O
connectivity	O
engine	O
was	O
ODAPI	B-Application
(	O
Open	O
Database	O
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
represented	O
Borland	O
’s	O
attempt	O
to	O
centralise	O
connectivity	O
in	O
its	O
suite	O
of	O
applications	O
that	O
included	O
the	O
brand-new	O
Paradox	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
4	O
and	O
Quattro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
version	O
4.5	O
/	O
5.0	O
of	O
Paradox	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
this	O
database	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
was	O
crystallised	O
as	O
IDAPI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Borland	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
SQL	B-Language
driver	O
architecture	O
called	O
dbExpress	B-Language
,	O
which	O
deprecated	O
BDE	B-Application
SQL	B-Language
links	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Embarcadero	O
removed	O
the	O
BDE	B-Application
installer	O
from	O
its	O
Rad	O
Studio	O
XE7	O
install	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
separate	O
download	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
strengthen	O
the	O
message	O
that	O
the	O
BDE	B-Application
has	O
been	O
deprecated	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmers	O
using	O
the	O
BDE	B-Application
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
update	O
their	O
software	O
to	O
use	O
newer	O
database	O
connectivity	O
technologies	O
like	O
Embarcadero	O
's	O
FireDAC	O
,	O
or	O
third-party-provided	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Replacements	O
for	O
BDE	B-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
BDE	B-Application
eXpress	I-Application
by	O
Dr.	O
Erhard	O
Regener	O
:	O
an	O
compatible	O
API	B-General_Concept
that	O
uses	O
dBase	B-Application
or	O
Paradox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
included	O
set	O
of	O
database	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
enables	O
consistent	O
access	B-Application
to	O
standard	O
data	O
sources	O
:	O
Paradox	B-Application
,	O
dBASE	B-Application
,	O
FoxPro	B-Application
,	O
Access	B-Application
,	O
and	O
text	O
databases	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
add	O
Microsoft	O
ODBC	B-Application
drivers	O
as	O
needed	O
to	O
the	O
built-in	O
ODBC	B-Application
socket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optionally	O
,	O
Borland	O
's	O
SQL	B-Language
Links	O
product	O
provides	O
access	B-Application
to	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
(	O
DBMS	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
Informix	B-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
,	O
InterBase	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
Sybase	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BDE	B-Application
is	O
object-oriented	B-Language
in	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
runtime	O
,	O
application	O
developers	O
interact	O
with	O
BDE	B-Application
by	O
creating	O
various	O
BDE	B-Application
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
runtime	O
objects	O
are	O
then	O
used	O
to	O
manipulate	O
database	O
entities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
tables	B-Application
and	O
queries	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BDE	B-Application
's	O
application	O
program	O
interface	O
(	O
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
provides	O
direct	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	O
optimized	O
access	B-Application
to	O
the	O
database	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
BDE	B-Application
's	O
built-in	O
drivers	O
for	O
dBASE	B-Application
,	O
Paradox	B-Application
,	O
FoxPro	B-Application
,	O
Access	B-Application
,	O
and	O
text	O
databases	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
database	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
files	O
consist	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
DLLs	O
that	O
are	O
fully	O
re-entrant	B-Operating_System
and	O
thread-safe	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
with	O
BDE	B-Application
are	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
supplemental	O
tools	O
and	O
examples	O
with	O
sample	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BDE	B-Application
system	O
is	O
configured	O
using	O
the	O
BDE	B-Application
Administrator	O
(	O
BDEADMIN.EXE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
with	O
BDE	B-Application
is	O
Borland	O
's	O
Local	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
ANSI-92	B-Language
SQL	B-Language
enhanced	O
to	O
support	O
Paradox	B-Application
and	O
dBASE	B-Application
(	O
standard	O
)	O
naming	O
conventions	O
for	O
tables	B-Application
and	O
fields	O
(	O
called	O
"	O
columns	O
"	O
in	O
SQL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Local	O
SQL	B-Language
lets	O
you	O
use	O
SQL	B-Language
to	O
query	O
"	O
local	O
"	O
standard	O
database	B-Application
tables	I-Application
that	O
do	O
not	O
reside	O
on	O
a	O
database	O
server	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
"	O
remote	O
"	O
DBMS	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Local	O
SQL	B-Language
is	O
also	O
essential	O
to	O
make	O
multi-table	O
queries	B-Language
across	O
both	O
local	O
standard	O
tables	B-Application
and	O
those	O
on	O
remote	O
SQL	B-Language
servers	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
older	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
BDE	B-Application
API	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
"	O
Integrated	O
Database	O
Application	O
Program	O
Interface	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
IDAPI	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
