Xyhm

I'm aiming to create a simple database application (one relation) and was wondering how to go about. Not the details, just some general pointer about the simplest way.

delphi.about.com has a tutorial, but it's using Microsoft Access (which I don't have) to create the database (and delphi to create the form and the interaction, I assume). Is there a way to create the database itself in Delphi? If so, is that more complicated than using MS Access?

Ancient Dragon

I don't know a thing about Delphi but in general you can create your own database using any programming language. The simplest database is just a text file that contains the fields that you want in some consistent format. For example *.csv files used by Excel could be considered a database.

Xyhm

True, but I want to take advantage of the database features in Delphi. And although it's simple in principle to create a database using a textfile, it still requires some (potentially time-consuming) work getting all the details right, and it's not very scalable.

Xyhm

No need for help anymore. Instead of just trying to find a "create a database in five simple steps" type of tutorial I plunged into database creation more seriously, and it's not that hard or messy as it seems at first (and I now finally know what many of those mysterious Delphi components do...).

myworkstation

you can using "database desktop" tools create database,it's delphi addon.
you can create foxbase、paradox、and so on format.

Xyhm

Okay, thx. I use Access atm. but I might explore alternatives sometime.