Victor;

That is the best question - what is the file extention? I am just getting my feet wet with Delphi and there is a database called Interbase Server with a GBS extention that is available.

Tom


>Delphi doesnt really have a 'native' database. Do you know the file types that it's accessing? (.dbf, .sql, etc?)
>
>>I am developing an application if VFP where I enter an Employee ID. I want to verify that this is a valid employee in a Delphi database and pull the name,
>>payrate and several other fields into memory from this Delphi database to then use in my VFP application. I hear all these buzz words like ODBC, etc. I just
>>need to know if there is a way to access this data and if so, how's it done.
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Repond here or to my email at
>>ssc@worldnet.att.net
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Brad Trim