FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TurboDB to Support Direct Data Access on the .NET Platform Aicha, Germany 2005-02-07 dataWeb announces today availability of the direct data access components for her embedded database engine TurboDB.NET. The new components allow the developer to work with updateable server-side cursors instead of disconnected data sets. While disconnected data sets are the standard way to access data in ADO.NET because of their scalability, they put much of the burden to ensure data integrity on the shoulders of the application programmer and are therefore regarded as difficult to use. TurboDB.NET direct data access com- ponents bring the intuitive way of doing things back to the developer, who would otherwise have to completely redesign his data access model when switching from ADO to ADO.NET. TurboDB.NET direct data access components include a record set component similar to the ADO RecordSet and a record set view component, which exposes the record set to the .NET WinForms data binding. The record set component enables developers to navigate within a server-side cursor and modify rows directly without having to care about delayed updates and concurrency violations. The record set view component makes it possible to bind WinForms controls to data columns in the record set via the standard .NET data binding mechanisms. Even the DataGrid ist supported here. "Disconnected data sets are a great concept for creating Web applications with hundreds of con- current users.", Peter Pohmann, president of dataWeb says. "However it is an overkill and a burden for small desktop applications with only one to ten users, which is the targeted audience for TurboDB. With our direct data access components developers will be able to migrate existing ADO-based application much faster to .NET because there is no need to switch to a completely different data access model." Direct Data Access components are included in the TurboDB ADO.NET data provider starting from version 2.3 and are therefore available at now additional cost. ABOUT TurboDB.NET TurboDB is a leading embedded database engine, which offers the power of SQL within a 1 MB library without any installation or configuration on the target system. TurboDB is availabe for .NET, Win32 and Linux and supports all .NET IDEs as well as Delphi, C++ Builder and Kylix from Borland. TurboDB.NET offers excellent integration in Visual Studio.NET including a series of wizards and editors for first-class design-time support. It is sold for 499 USD per developer seat and can be distributed with an application without royalties. ABOUT dataWeb dataWeb is a well-known manufacturer of database components and tools for Microsoft and Borland development environments in Germany and world-wide since 1998. Our mission is to bring powerful database technologies to the developer, which he can easily adopt and quickly integrate in his daily work. CONTACT http://www.dataweb.de Peter Pohmann, dataWeb GmbH peter.pohmann@dataweb.de Tel: +49 (8544) 971892 Fax: +49 (8544) 971899