Released on = August 8, 2006, 5:01 am

Press Release Author = Active Database Software

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Free Visual SQL query building component - best solution for
professionals

Press Release Body = Add SQL Query Building Capabilities to Your Applications
with a Few Lines of Code

Yekaterinburg, Russia (August 1, 2006) - Active Database Software, a provider
of solutions for professional database developers, announces today the release of
Active Query Builder 1.6, a suite of robust and feature-rich .NET-ready ActiveX and
VCL components, which allows your end-users to build complex SQL queries via the
intuitive visual interface.

Why use Active Query Builder Component?
\"We have been improving our component every day since it has been released, and as a
result it became generally recognized among software developers all over the world,\"
says Sergey Smagin, Product Manager at Active Database Software. \"Today, Active
Query Builder is a dynamically growing project with unique features. The product
saves much time and development efforts when implementing SQL query building
capabilities. It allows developers to increase the range of potential users of their
software by simplifying data retrieval process for novice users and helping
professionals to build complex SQL queries in a few clicks. As distinct from other
products, Active Query Builder provides a great level of flexibility and allows
fine-tuning of most of the features. There is a powerful parser that correctly
handles complex SQL queries for a number of SQL dialects. Another feature is a
powerful graphical engine that allows you to visually build queries involving
unions, nested joins and sub-queries.\"

Active Query Builder Component at a Glance
Active Query Builder combines powerful means of SQL query building with unmatched
ease of use. It is shipped under a per-developer license that grants you
royalty-free rights to distribute your applications. The component can be used to
build applications in Visual Studio and Visual Studio.NET as well as in Borland
Delphi and C++ Builder, it works in Windows Forms and ASP.NET based applications,
developed in many programming languages, including C# and VB.NET. Along with
\"must-have\" features, the components provide you with unique features to help you
add even the most sophisticated functionality into your application quickly and
easily.

Active Query Builder features:
- Full support for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, InterBase,
Firebird, MS Access and many other SQL dialects;
- Powerful SQL parser that correctly handles SQL queries containing correlated
sub-queries, multiple nested joins and other fine points of SQL syntax;
- Visual building of queries with unions and sub-queries;
- Building SQL queries with objects from several databases;
- Metadata pre-filtration, fine tuning of metadata information used to build queries;
- Working in Offline mode using metadata information saved in an XML file;
- Flexible SQL builder to format resulting SQL code the way you like it;
- Fine parsing of SQL queries with parameters, retrieving list of parameters;
- Support for Unicode strings;
- Full internationalization support;
- Ability to build, analyze and modify queries in run-time;
- Rich set of properties and events to control behavior of the component.

Pricing and Availability
The single developer license costs $299 (USD) for ActiveX Edition and $149 (USD) for
VCL Edition. This license permits you to develop and maintain your application, and
distribute it royalty free. Other types of licenses include the four developers
license and site license. Active Query Builder can be shipped with or without
sources written in Delphi. Additional information on Active Query Builder, as well
as the free evaluation version and demo application are available at
http://www.activequerybuilder.com/.

About Active Database Software
Founded in 2005, Active Database Software is a Yekaterinburg, Russia based privately
owned software development company. Their areas of specialization include ActiveX,
.NET and VCL database components development, database management software
development and software consulting. For more information, please visit
http://www.activedbsoft.com/.

Web Site = http://www.activequerybuilder.com/

Contact Details = Address: , Chelyabinsk
Russian Federation

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