Connecting from RAD Studio

The CData FireDAC Components for IBM Cloud Data Engine implement the standard FireDAC classes and integrate IBM Cloud Data Engine into RAD Studio wizards. You can access the components from the RAD Studio Tool Palette and use the components alongside standard FireDAC classes like TFDQuery, TFDManager, and TFDConnection.

Connecting from IBM Cloud Data Engine

See Establishing a Connection to connect with the Data Explorer and FireDAC Connection Editor wizards.

RAD Studio Version Support

RAD Studio 10.4 (Sydney) and above are supported.

IBM Cloud Data Engine Version Support

The component leverages the IBM Cloud Data Engine API to enable bidirectional access to IBM Cloud.

Dependencies

CData FireDAC components require the 2010 version of the VC++ (x86/x64) redistributable package that matches the bitness of RAD Studio being used. You can download this from Microsoft:

2010 VC++ Redistributable package download Note: The appropriate VC++ redistributable package requires distribution with the deployed application.

See Also

• See Creating VCL Applications to use the Form Designer to create a simple VCL application that queries IBM Cloud Data Engine.
• See Writing Data Access Code to create TFDConnection objects. See Connection Definitions for other ways to create connections, with TFDManager for example.
• See Using the FireDAC Components for IBM Cloud Data Engine-specific examples of executing prepared statements, discovering schemas, and writing other data access code.