Simple database access

From: Ciarán Ó Duibhín (ciaran_at_oduibhin.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:45:10 -0000

I'm about to write a Delphi program to maintain and access a single-user
local flat-file database, the sort of thing we used to do with TAccess and
TAHigh in TP5. I don't think it will matter whether the data is held in
memory or on file during program execution.

It seems to me from reading around that the "flat-file database
applications" section of my Delphi 5 Developer's Guide (pp 13-13 to 13-19)
may be relevant - it refers to TClientDataSet and MIDAS.DLL. However my
Delphi 5 Professional installation does not appear to include MIDAS
components or TClientDataSet. Do I need them (I will not be taking the data
from a remote server)? And if I need them, how do I get them?

Or is there another way to do the same job as TP5's database toolbox?

Thanks in advance,
Ciarán Ó Duibhín.