Single file Delphi database with comprehensive SQL support, strong encryption,

BLOBs and multiuser mode support. This BDE alternative is fully compatible with

standard and third-party database components and reporting engines. Absolute DB

does not require any DLLs, drivers or Windows updates. It compiles right into EXE

file and works on any version of Windows from 98 to Vista. Absolute DB is written

completely in Delphi, full source code is available. Absolute DB is a great BDE

replacement.

Key Features: No BDE; no DLLs; SQL'92 (DDL & DML) support; Single-user and

multi-user mode (file-server); Single database file; Unmatched ease-of-use; 100%
compatibility with standard and third-party DB-aware controls; Strong encryption;
BLOB compression; Full source code available; Royalty-free; Free for personal use;

Ease of Deployment; No BDE, no DLLs; No special installation or configuration
required; Database engine compiles right into EXE; Single-file database format;

High Speed; Advanced cache management and buffering architecture; Sophisticated

SQL query and filter optimizer; Special optimized database engine for temporary

results of SQL queries; Fast B*-Tree indexes with high-speed on thousands and on
millions of records; Buffered transactions for batch inserts, updates and deletes;

Optimization for read-only databases, such as databases on CD; SQL support; SELECT

with DISTINCT, INNER LEFT, RIGHT, FULL and OUTER JOIN, GROUP BY and ORDER BY

clauses; CREATE TABLE, DROP TABLE, ALTER TABLE statements; CREATE INDEX, DROP

INDEX statements; INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE statements; BETWEEN, IN, LIKE, IS NULL

operators; Aggregate functions; Data types conversion by function CAST; SQL

scripts; Parameters in queries; Small size of code added into the application by

the database engine units; Small database file size achieved by customizable page

size, compression of table metadata and other special means; Fast BLOB data

compression; Low memory consumption.