MyDAC (Data Access Components for MySQL) is a library of components that provides direct access to MySQL database servers for Windows Mac OS X iOS 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/mydac/download.html MyDAC can connect directly to a MySQL server or work through the MySQL client library. The MyDAC library is designed to help programmers develop faster and cleaner MySQL database applications. MyDAC a high-performance and feature-rich MySQL connectivity solution is an efficient native alternative to the Borland Database Engine for direct access to MySQL Key Features - Direct access to server data. No need to install other data provider layers - 64-bit Windows support - MacOS and iOS are supported - VCL/LCL and FireMonkey compatible - In Direct mode does not require MySQL client software and works directly through TCP/IP - Full support for the latest versions of MySQL and support for all MySQL 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 - All types of local sorting and filtering including by calculated and lookup fields - Unicode and national charsets support - Supports many MySQL specific features such as locking SET and ENUM types - Advanced script execution functionality with the TMyscript component - Support for using macros in SQL