Oracle Data Access Components for C++Builder 5 - Version 3.50 Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) library offers some nonvisualcomponents for Borland Delphi, C++ Builder and Kylix. They servefor access to Oracle RDBMS. ODAC is an alternative to standardway processing data by Borland Database Engine (BDE).ODAC uses Oracle Call Interface (OCI) directly. The Oracle CallInterface is an application programming interface (API) that allowsan application developer to use a third-generation language's nativeprocedure or function calls to access the Oracle database server andcontrol all phases of SQL statement execution. The OCI provides alibrary of standard database access and retrieval functions in theform of a dynamic runtime library, ORA*.DLL, that can be linked inby the application.Also with Net option ODAC allows to connect without Oracle clientsoftware installed on workstation. In such case ODAC requires onlyTCP/IP protocol and allows to build really thin database application.