Description of Oracle Data Access Components Net for Kylix 2 :
Oracle Data Access Components provides high performance direct access to Oracle database server. ODAC is set of VCL native components for Kylix, Delphi and C++ Builder. It supports many Oracle specific features and simplifies developing of client/server applications. With Net option ODAC works directly through TCP/IP and doesn't require Oracle's software on client side. Using ODAC gives you the following advantages: - Doesn't require Oracle's software on client side with Net option; - Supports Oracle 8 feathers: BLOB, CLOB and BFile data types, objects, arrays, references, nested tables; - Simplifies data updating; - Offers two way of updating data: more flexible with TOraQuery and more easy with TSmartQuery; - Speeds up fetch record from database and others.