A First Look at (Borland Developer Studio) Delphi 2006

Many new improvements in the database application development area in Delphi 2006:

• Support for MySQL 4.0.24 BDP Provider.
• Support for new Oracle 9i data types.
• BDP.NET : you can now use connection pooling to decrease connection time by using a connection from an existing pool.
• BDP.NET : Reconcile Error Dialog: When an error occurs during a database Delete, Insert or Update operation, the Reconcile Error dialog box lets you to decide on the proper action.
• dbExpress - Unicode support.
• dbExpress - TSQLQuery support.
• dbExpress - support for dbExpress MSSQL return values from Stored Procedures has been added.

• "The ultimate productivity force-multiplier for Windows development"
• Design Guidelines / Form Positioner in Delphi 2006
• Code Editor in Delphi 2006
• Debugger in Delphi 2006
• Databasing in Delphi 2006
• Refactoring in Delphi 2006
• New Classes and VCL Components in Delphi 2006
• ASP.NET Web Development in Delphi 2006
• Delphi 2006 at a glance