Standard Version versus Object Version

[chriswc]

I am seriously considering buying the Direct Oracle Access Components. Does the Standard Version support access to the Oracle LOB data type or do I need the Object Version? Also, is the trial download fully functional or is it crippled? (At one point I was receiving a "Needs Delphi to run" error which has since gone away.)

 

[Marco Kalter]

The Standard Version supports Oracle8 LOB's. It just doesn't support the Orace8 Object Extension. The Object Version has encapsulated this in the TOracleObject and TOracleReference classes.

The only restriction in the trial version is that Delphi or C++Builder IDE must be running. If it is not running, you get the "Evaluation version needs Delphi" exception when you attempt to logon to a database.

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Marco Kalter
Allround Automations

 

[DavidH]

I did get "Evaluation version needs Delphi" several times from within the IDE when I ran the trial version. This appeared only after having had other projects open before I opened my DOA project. The problem was however solved easily - I restarted Delphi.