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Add database aliases to BDE at run time 25-Aug-02
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			Author: Tomas Rutkauskas

Add database aliases to BDE at run time

Answer:

This function that will let you add database aliases to BDE (Borland Database 
engine) during run time:

1   uses
2     DBIProcs, DBITypes;
3   
4   procedure AddBDEAlias(sAliasName, sAliasPath, sDBDriver: string);
5   var
6     h: hDBISes;
7   begin
8     DBIInit(nil);
9     DBIStartSession('dummy', h, '');
10    DBIAddAlias(nil, PChar(sAliasName), PChar(sDBDriver),
11      PChar('PATH:' + sAliasPath), True);
12    DBICloseSession(h);
13    DBIExit;
14  end;
15  
16  { Sample call to create an alias called WORK_DATA that }
17  { points to the C:\WORK\DATA directory and uses the    }
18  { DBASE driver as the default database driver:         }
19  
20  AddBDEAlias('WORK_DATA', 'C:\WORK\DATA', 'DBASE');


			
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