Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) is a library of components that provides direct access to Oracle database servers for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms from Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2/XE/2010, Embarcadero Delphi XE2/XE/2010, Embarcadero C++Builder XE2/XE/2010, CodeGear RAD Studio 2009/2007, CodeGear Delphi 2009/2007, CodeGear C++Builder 2009/2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Borland Delphi 2006/2005, Borland C++Builder 2006, Turbo Delphi, Turbo C++, Borland Delphi 7/6/5, Borland C++Builder 6/5, Lazarus 0.9.30.2 and Free Pascal 2.4.4. 60-day fully functional trial versions of all products are available on the Devart web site: http://www.devart.com/odac/download.html ODAC, a high-performance and feature-rich Oracle connectivity solution, is an efficient native alternative to the Borland Database Engine (BDE) and dbExpress. ODAC offers wide coverage of the Oracle feature set, supports both Client and Direct connection modes and emphasizes optimized data access strategies. Key Features - Direct access to server data. No need to install of other data provider layers - 64-bit Windows support - Mac OS X support - VCL/LCL and FireMonkey compatible - In Direct mode does not require Oracle client software and works directly through TCP/IP - Full support of the latest versions of Oracle and its data types - Disconnected Model with automatic connection control for working with data offline - Local Failover for detecting connection loss and implicitly re-executing certain operations - Automatic data updating with the TOraQuery, TSmartQuery, and TOraTable components - Advanced script execution functionality with the TOraScript component - Integration with OraDeveloper Tools for performing advanced database development and administration tasks - Oracle Advanced Queuing support - Oracle alerts and pipes support - Oracle direct path interface support - Unicode and national charsets support