Data Access Components for MySQL

MyDAC (Data Access Components for MySQL) is a library of components that provides direct access to MySQL database servers for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Linux, FreeBSD for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms from Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2/XE/2010, Embarcadero Delphi XE2/XE/2010, Embarcadero C++Builder XE2/XE/2010, CodeGear RAD Studio 2009/2007, CodeGear Delphi 2009/2007, CodeGear C++Builder 2009/2007, Borland Developer Studio 2006, Borland Delphi 2006/2005, Borland C++Builder 2006, Turbo Delphi, Turbo C++, Borland Delphi 7/6/5, Borland C++Builder 6/5, Lazarus 0.9.30.2 and Free Pascal 2.4.4.


MyDAC can connect directly to a MySQL server or work through the MySQL client library. The MyDAC library is designed to help programmers develop faster and cleaner MySQL database applications.

MyDAC, a high-performance and feature-rich MySQL connectivity solution, is an efficient native alternative to the Borland Database Engine for direct access to MySQL
Key Features
- Direct access to server data. No need to install other data provider layers
- 64-bit Windows support
- MacOS and iOS are supported
- VCL/LCL and FireMonkey compatible
- In Direct mode does not require MySQL client software and works directly through TCP/IP
- Full support for the latest versions of MySQL and support for all MySQL data types
-Custom MySQL data types to Delphi field types mapping
- Disconnected Model with automatic connection control for working with data offline
- Local Failover for detecting connection loss and implicitly re-executing certain operations
- All types of local sorting and filtering, including by calculated and lookup fields
- Unicode and national charsets support
- Supports many MySQL specific features, such as locking, SET and ENUM types
- Advanced script execution functionality with the TMyScript component
- Support for using macros in SQL