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Quick BDE and SQL Links versions and Dates 
(SQL Link/Connectivity Internal)

BDE/SQL Links Versions
Supported servers and clients
Server and Client cross reference
Borland SQL Links DLL's
Vendor DLL's (Oracle, Sybase, IBM, Informix, MS, Interbase)

(Please note that The Borland Database Engine and Borland SQL Links share version
numbers and dates)

Public Ver  Shipped With           16/32-bit     Internal Ver    IDAPI Dates
2.0         P4W 5, dBaseWin        16
2.5         Delphi 1.0             16                            2/95
2.51        Delphi 1.01            16                            6/95
2.52        Delphi 2.1             (16-bit dir)                  3/96
3.0         Delphi 2.0/P4W 7       32                            2/96
3.1         Paradox 7 (patch 2)    32                            4/96
3.11        Delphi 2.01            32                            6/96
3.12        Intrabuilder (basic)   32                            8/96
3.5         BDE/SQL Links 3.5      32                           10/96
4.0         Delphi 3               32                            2/97


SQL LINKS
Version         Servers/Client (x)(y)
2.0             Sybase/MSSQL (dblib)(1)(3), Oracle(7)(8), Informix (9)(10),
                Interbase (12)(14)
2.5             Sybase/MSSQL (dblib)(1)(3), Oracle(7)(8), Informix (9)(10),
                Interbase (12)(14)
2.51            Adds to 2.5: Sybase System 10 (CTLIB) (2)(4), Informix (9)(11),
2.52            Adds to 2.51: IBM DB/2 (15)(16)

3.0             Sybase (dblib)(1)(2)(3), MSSQL (dblib)(5)(6), Oracle(7)(8),
                Interbase (14)(15)
3.5             Adds to 3.0: Sybase System 10 (CTLIB) (2)(4), Informix (9)(12)
                and IBM DB/2 (16)(17)
4.0             Adds to 3.5: Access 95 driver (18), additional Foxpro support
               (please also see Delphi 3 Q&A's).


Server and Client Cross Reference
(Please note that the client software below should be appropriate to your
client platform; Win3.x, Win95, WinNT and be certified on that platform
by the client software vendor; Sybase, Oracle, MS, etc.)

Sybase          Server - (1) 4.x, (2) 10.x thru 11.x
                Client - (3) DBLIB, (4) CTLIB
MSSQL Server    Server - (5) 4.x thru 6.5
                Client - (6) DBLIB
Oracle          Server - (7) 6.x thru 7.x
                Client - (8) OCI SQL*Net 1.x thru 2.x
Informix        Server - (9) 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
                Client - (10) ESQL/C I*Net 4.x (11) ESQL/C 5.x, 
                         (12) ESQL/C 7.x
Interbase       Server - (13) 3.3 thru (14) 4.x
                Client - (15) Interbase PC Client
IBM DB/2        Server - (16) IBM DB2 2.1
                Client - (17) IBM DB2 CAE CLI 2.1.x
               (AS400 and MVS platforms require DDCS/DRDA gateways) 
Access          Client - (18) MS Office 95 DAO


Borland SQL Links DLL's and corresponding client software

32bit (BDECFG32 | DRIVER | DLL32 parameter)
        SYBASE (DBLIB) (3)      SQLSYB32.DLL
        SYBASE (CTLIB) (4)      SQLSSC32.DLL
        MS SQL (6)              SQLMS32.DLL
        ORACLE (8)              SQLORA32.DLL
        INTERBASE (15)          SQLINT32.DLL
        IBM DB2 (17)            SQLDB232.DLL
        INFORMIX (12)           SQLINF32.DLL
	  ACCESS (18)		  IDDAO32.DLL

16bit (BDECFG | DRIVER | DLL parameter)
        SYBASE (DBLIB) (3)      SQLD_SS.DLL
        SYBASE (CTLIB) (4)      SQLD_SSC.DLL
        ORACLE (8)              SQLD_ORA.DLL
        INTERBASE (15)          SQLD_IB.DLL
        IBM DB/2 (17)           SQLD_DB2.DLL
        INFORMIX (10)           SQLD_INF.DLL
        INFORMIX (11)           SQLD_IN5.DLL

32bit VENDOR DLLS (16bit file names also
included)

*Please note that only the Oracle BDE VENDOR INIT parameter requires
modification as Oracle releases new versions.

Oracle: ORANT71.DLL or ORA72.DLL or ORA73.DLL (changes with
        versions of Oracle's SQL Net and as version of Oracle's
        OCI changes)
        (16bit versions include ORA7WIN.DLL, ORA71WIN.DLL,
        ORA72WIN.DLL, etc.)

Informix:Currently ISQLT07C.dll
        (16bit version is ISQL501.DLL [I*Net 5.x],
        ISQL4x.DLL [I*Net 4.x])

DB2:DB2CLI.DLL
        (16bit version is DB2CLIW.DLL)

Sybase:LIBSYBDB.DLL (DBLIB), LIBCT.DLL (CTLIB)
        (16bit versions are W3DBLIB.DLL [DBLIB], WCTLIB.DLL [CTLIB] )

MSSQL:NTWDBLIB.DLL
        (16bit version is W3DBLIB.DLL)

InterBase:GDS32.DLL
        (16bit version is GDS.DLL)

Access:MS Office 95 DAO
	  (16bit N/A)


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