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TVirtualDataSet is a virtual dataset that can be used as an intermediate between data stored in an application and data-aware controls used in forms. TVirtualDataSet behaves the same way as any other TDataSet descendant and, therefore, it is compatible with all data-aware controls. However, it does not store data in memory. Work with TVirtualDataSet is implemented by means of events occurring during data exchange between an application and controls. As a result, you can choose a variety of entities as a data storage source: arrays, lists, records, XML files, etc. (more…)

In this blog post, we will learn how to quickly create a comprehensive documentation of an SQL Server database using SQL documentation tool from Devart. (more…)

The article describes installation and configuration of Devart ODBC Driver for QuickBooks on Windows, as well as authorization and connection to a QuickBooks account, and provides a demo sample of retrieving QuickBooks account data using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

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In this article, we will talk about how to keep SQL code clean and highly readable. We will also discuss how to stop suffering from messy and unformatted code. In addition, we will talk about how to force all team members to adhere generally accepted coding standards with no efforts. (more…)

The VirtualQuery component allows executing SQL queries to sources that are not a database, but a TDataSet or any its descendant. It also allows you to connect to several data sources at a time and work with them using SQL queries as with a single data source. Thus, work in heterogeneous environment is implemented, when execution results of queries to different sources can be retrieved in a single data set. (more…)

This article will demonstrate how to get live currency exchange rates with the help of Python and dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server.

Currency exchange rate is the reference information used in the translation of monetary values from one currency to another. The exchange rate expresses the value of one currency in terms of another. (more…)

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will use a test project from the “Entity Framework 6 Support for Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, DB2, and Salesforce” blog article. We will update this project so that it could be used with Entity Framework Core 1 (Entity Framework 7). (more…)

One of the best methods to analyze the query performance is to explore the query execution plan. A query plan or query execution plan is an ordered set of steps utilized to access data in a SQL relational database management system. In this article, we will discuss the basics of the Query Execution Plan feature available in SQL Server. (more…)

Recently we got an interesting question from our user:

The docs don’t address directly, but how can we generate three related data elements, like dateof birth, age, and date of death for instance, in one script efficiently as it generates test rows/records and then populate the fields in a test database table? If docs do address this, please point me to where, if you would… Thanks!

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A high level abstraction provided by Entity Framework sometimes challenges developers in accessing a full set of features available via native SQL of a particular database server. This article will help you to cope with usage of collation in MySQL to control case sensitivity settings in generated queries. (more…)