BDE administrator application will allow the user to declare Standard or ODBC connection.

BDE is also good for data dumping from one(1) format to another via BatchMove or hand-code.

The Standard database type supports the following format only (as of Delphi 7) and as follows:

ODBC database type would require that you have the proper User and Access rights for those type(s). For this type of connection BDE Administrator would require you to LOGIN as a valid System Administrator or User.

supported format or Back-End Engine are as follows:

Note:

for Pervasive ODBC interface either Client or Engine you have to Login as Master.

Data types like Decimal(12,2), numeric(12,2), Currency or Double belong to the 64-bit data type group or class. Data-aware controls have reported issues of Rejection when it come's to the data types above, it is recommended to use Float instead.