Database Programming
Database Programming Overview
To create database application in EPL, it is fast & easy, so far EPL represents various different database programming type, whatever how big or small about the database. For small business or database, EPL Embedded database is a good choice. For big business or database, you should choose MySql, Sql Server, Oracle etc. EPL support you to operate all the databases that earlier mentioned, almost all the popular is supported. Anyway, you can find an appropriate way & database to development your database-application in EPL.
Embedded EPL Database
EPL provides you a very compact database engine that is EDB. It is self-contained & zero-configuration. The most functions of EDB are base on XBASE mode (DBASE, FOXBASE, and FOXPRO).
EPL also provides an EDB manager that in main IDE for you to manage your database file.
Supported Database
EPL supports several important & popular database engines, ADO, ODBC, MySql (Win & Linux). You can access most databases through these engines, whatever SQL Server, MySql, Access, Oracle etc. EPL represents internal library to manipulate these database engines, such as ADO Database Library, MySql Library, ODBCDB Data Type, and ODBCProvider Data Type. Please see the picture to show the database-operating library as below.
