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"XueLiang" <zxl@ustc.edu> wrote:

>I want to develop a SQL Server - based  database project,
>which environment shall I choose, Delphi or C++ Builder ?

If those are your only choices, go with Delphi.

1) The language is simpler.
2) Most 3rd-party components are written in Delphi, and are easier to
integrate with Delphi than with BCB.  Most include detailed
instructions for installation with Delphi, but if you are a BCB user,
you are on your own.
3) The Delphi compiler is over an order of magnitude faster.  The
first time I built a project in Delphi, I did it twice because I
thought it didn't build the first time.  What actually happened was
that I blinked, and missed it the first time.  In a large project,
that could make a substantial difference in productivity.
4) Delphi gets all the neat new features one iteration before the
corresponding release of BCB, since Delphi 'belongs' to Borland, and
C++ is the 'red-haired stepchild' that they have to support even
though they would rather not (and it shows).
5) The BCB help files are full of 'transliterated' Delphi examples
that don't actually work with BCB, so you have to be fairly familiar
with Delphi anyway.  That's putting it kindly, though:  The BCB
'help' files suck bigtime, and have not been updated in over a year.

If those aren't your only choices, then you might want to consider
Java and some other database beside SQL Server, and perhaps even avoid
using either Microsoft or Borland products altogether.  I'm currently
looking into doing a MySQL/Java/Linux application, and that looks like
a pretty good combination.  It's all open-source (well, Java isn't
actuall open-source, but it's at least free and well-documented),
which means that in the long-term, you aren't at the mercy of any one
vendor for updates, bugfixes, and documentation updates.  My other
choice would be to use a standand C++ compiler instead of Java, which
would have better performance, but would be a little less convenient
to use.

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For what it's worth all my programming involved interfacing with databases.
I started with Borland C then evolved to Borlad C++, and finally Delphi and
have never looked back.

"Howard Lee Harkness" <harkness@suespammers.org> wrote in message
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> "XueLiang" <zxl@ustc.edu> wrote:
>
> >I want to develop a SQL Server - based  database project,
> >which environment shall I choose, Delphi or C++ Builder ?
>
> If those are your only choices, go with Delphi.
>
> 1) The language is simpler.
> 2) Most 3rd-party components are written in Delphi, and are easier to
> integrate with Delphi than with BCB.  Most include detailed
> instructions for installation with Delphi, but if you are a BCB user,
> you are on your own.
> 3) The Delphi compiler is over an order of magnitude faster.  The
> first time I built a project in Delphi, I did it twice because I
> thought it didn't build the first time.  What actually happened was
> that I blinked, and missed it the first time.  In a large project,
> that could make a substantial difference in productivity.
> 4) Delphi gets all the neat new features one iteration before the
> corresponding release of BCB, since Delphi 'belongs' to Borland, and
> C++ is the 'red-haired stepchild' that they have to support even
> though they would rather not (and it shows).
> 5) The BCB help files are full of 'transliterated' Delphi examples
> that don't actually work with BCB, so you have to be fairly familiar
> with Delphi anyway.  That's putting it kindly, though:  The BCB
> 'help' files suck bigtime, and have not been updated in over a year.
>
> If those aren't your only choices, then you might want to consider
> Java and some other database beside SQL Server, and perhaps even avoid
> using either Microsoft or Borland products altogether.  I'm currently
> looking into doing a MySQL/Java/Linux application, and that looks like
> a pretty good combination.  It's all open-source (well, Java isn't
> actuall open-source, but it's at least free and well-documented),
> which means that in the long-term, you aren't at the mercy of any one
> vendor for updates, bugfixes, and documentation updates.  My other
> choice would be to use a standand C++ compiler instead of Java, which
> would have better performance, but would be a little less convenient
> to use.
>
> Spam Me and Get Sued <harkness@suespammers.org>
> see www.suespammers.org for details & free spam-nuking email account

Hi, Xueliang!

I have used both. C++ experience is more valuable in the marketplace.
Experience with the VCL in C++ Builder makes a Delphi transition easy if
you need to do it, and C++ experience simplifies transition to Java.

So take your pick.

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