MySQL Data Access Components provide direct high performance access to MySQL and is an alternative to a standard way of accessing databases using BDE or dbExpress. MyDAC provides abilities to work with MySQL server without client library and access to Embedded server. Working without client MyDAC uses native MySQL protocol and requires only TCP/IP. MyDAC can work in managed environment and support .NET Framework. Supports new MySQL server versions 5.0, 4.1, 4.0, 3.23, and all available data types. MyDAC has advanced design-time editors, MySQLBuilder Add-in to extend design-time capabilities by set of tools to build and check queries, extended SQL tracing capabilities provided by TMySQLMonitor component and DBMonitor application. BDE migration wizard. Following IDE are supported by MyDAC: Borland Delphi 8, 7, 6 and 5, C++ Builder 6, and 5, Kylix 3, and 2.