Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) is a VCL/VCL.NET/CLX component library for fast direct access to Oracle from Delphi, C++Builder, and Kylix. ODAC is heavily performance- and stress-tested to provide the fastest available native connectivity to Oracle. ODAC features advanced local data handling and comprehensive Oracle functionality coverage, including Oracle Advanced Queuing, Oracle TAF, and distributed transaction support.

Key Features

- Direct access to server data. Does not require installation of other data provider layers (such as BDE and ODBC)
- In Direct mode does not require Oracle client software and works directly through TCP/IP
- Full support of the latest versions of Oracle and support for all Oracle data types
- Disconnected Model for working with data offline
- Local Failover for detecting connection loss
- Oracle Transparent Application Failover(TAF) support
- Oracle Advanced Queuing support
- Oracle alerts and pipes support
- Oracle direct path interface support
- Distributed transaction support
- Unicode and national charsets support
- Integration with OraDeveloper Tools for performing advanced database development and administration tasks
- Easy migration from BDE with Migration Wizard

Versions of ODAC are available for Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, CodeGear Delphi 2009, C++Builder 2009, CodeGear RAD Studio 2007, Delphi 2007 for Win32, C++Builder 2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Delphi 2005, Turbo Delphi, Turbo Delphi for .NET, Turbo C++, Delphi 7,6,5, C++Builder 6,5, FreePascal for Win32 and Linux, and Kylix 3,2. ODAC supports Oracle server versions 7.3 and higher.