Client/server developer's guide with Delphi

Client/Server Developer's Guide with Delphi 3 takes an authoritative, real-world approach to learning database design and
creating full-featured client/server applications. Focusing on the more advanced features and topics, this guide enables you to
become a proficient Delphi developer.
Written by an industry expert, Client/Server Developer's Guide with Delphi 3 offers sound advice to help you fully understand
this powerful development environment and use it to your advantage. With tips, techniques, and practical examples, this resource
delivers the information you need to improve your skills, expand your knowledge, and achieve optimum results.
Client/Server Developer's Guide with Delphi 3 takes an authoritative, real-world approach to learning database design and
creating full-featured client/server applications. Focusing on the more advanced features and topics, this guide enables you to become a proficient Delphi developer.
Written by an industry expert, Client/Server Developer's Guide with Delphi 3 offers sound advice to help you fully understand
this powerful development environment and use it to your advantage. With tips, techniques, and practical examples, this resource
delivers the information you need to improve your skills, expand your knowledge, and achieve optimum results.
LEARN THE CONCEPTS AND BUILD THE APPLICATIONS
Explore integration issues which may arise with PowerBuilder, Visual Basicr, InterBase, Access, and xBase databases Develop powerful database components and Experts
Effectively use Delphi 3 to exploit ActiveX technologies
Manage online transactions using Delphi 3 TDatabase object
Build robust applications that connect to ANSI SQL Standard, ODBC Compliant, Oracle, and MS SQL Server
databases.
Master everything from database design to creating full-featured client/server applications
Assemble complex reports with Quick Report components and Object Pascal.

Table of contents :
Introduction ..... xxvii

I Getting Started

1 Is Delphi the Silver Bullet? ..... 3
2 Quick Start ..... 13
3 Building Blocks ..... 47
4 Conventions ..... 61
5 A No-Nonsense Approach to SQL ..... 89
6 Client/Server Database Design ..... 111
7 Client/Server Application Design ..... 177

II Tutorial

8 Your First Real Client/Server Database Application ..... 201
9 First Steps ..... 235
10 First Forms ..... 263
11 Forms, Forms, and More Forms ..... 279
12 Reports ..... 333
13 Finishing Touches ..... 353
14 RENTMAN Postpartum ..... 379

III Reference

15 Delphi on Microsoft SQL Server ..... 395
16 Delphi on Oracle ..... 423
17 Delphi on InterBase ..... 447
18 Delphi on Sybase SQL Server ..... 483

IV Advanced Topics

19 Business Reports ..... 515
20 Business Rules on the Database Server ..... 539
21 Business Rules in Delphi Applications ..... 555
22 Beyond the Two-tiered Model ..... 567
23 Concurrency Control ..... 575
24 Advanced SQL ..... 593
25 Delphi Client/Server Performance Tuning ..... 633
26 The Borland Database Engine ..... 659
27 Building Your Own Database Components ..... 687
28 Delphi Internet Applications ..... 733
29 Deploying Your Applications ..... 805

App. A A Roadmap for the Journey to Delphi ..... 837

Index ..... 905