Released April 9, 2025
Web Browsers supported in the DataFlex Framework:
Application connectivity to leading SQL databases is essential for creating reliable, high-performance business applications. Each DataFlex 2024/24.0 installation file includes Connectivity Kits for the SQL databases listed below.
A variety of databases and data sources can be accessed through ODBC. These include enterprise database servers such as MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle and PostgreSQL, flat file databases and even non-database data like Excel and ASCII files. Use of the DataFlex ODBC Connectivity Kit also requires the installation of a specific ODBC Driver for each target data source.
Note that to work with Unicode data in SQL databases, the character set and collating settings of the database can be an important part of the environment set up. See the Help for more information.
Full details of database and driver support are below in the Current Products List. See the DataFlex SQL Driver Support & Updates section below.
When used in conjunction with Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016, DataFlex Studio and Windows Clients are supported on Windows Terminal Services.
When used in conjunction with other supported Windows operating systems, DataFlex Studio and Windows Client are supported on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp and XenDesktop).
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) must be installed and operational to run DataFlex WebApp Server.
Released March 13, 2024
Web Browsers supported in the DataFlex Framework:
Application connectivity to leading SQL databases is essential for creating reliable, high-performance business applications. Each DataFlex 2024/24.0 installation file includes Connectivity Kits for the SQL databases listed below.
A variety of databases and data sources can be accessed through ODBC. These include enterprise database servers such as MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle and PostgreSQL, flat file databases and even non-database data like Excel and ASCII files. Use of the DataFlex ODBC Connectivity Kit also requires the installation of a specific ODBC Driver for each target data source.
Note that to work with Unicode data in SQL databases, the character set and collating settings of the database can be an important part of the environment set up. See the Help for more information.
Full details of database and driver support are below in the Current Products List. See the DataFlex SQL Driver Support & Updates section below.
When used in conjunction with Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016, DataFlex Studio and Windows Clients are supported on Windows Terminal Services.
When used in conjunction with other supported Windows operating systems, DataFlex Studio and Windows Client are supported on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp and XenDesktop).
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) must be installed and operational to run DataFlex WebApp Server.
Released July 5, 2023
Web Browsers supported in the DataFlex Framework:
Application connectivity to leading SQL databases is essential for creating reliable, high-performance business applications. Each DataFlex 2024/24.0 installation file includes Connectivity Kits for the SQL databases listed below.
A variety of databases and data sources can be accessed through ODBC. These include enterprise database servers such as MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle and PostgreSQL, flat file databases and even non-database data like Excel and ASCII files. Use of the DataFlex ODBC Connectivity Kit also requires the installation of a specific ODBC Driver for each target data source.
Note that to work with Unicode data in SQL databases, the character set and collating settings of the database can be an important part of the environment set up. See the Help for more information.
Full details of database and driver support are below in the Current Products List. See the DataFlex SQL Driver Support & Updates section below.
When used in conjunction with Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2016, DataFlex Studio and Windows Client are supported on Windows Terminal Services and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp and XenDesktop).
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) must be installed and operational to run DataFlex WebApp Server.
Released April 10, 2019
Web Browsers supported in the DataFlex Framework:
Application connectivity to leading SQL databases is essential for creating reliable, high-performance business applications. Each DataFlex 2019/19.1 installation file includes the connectivity components for the SQL databases listed below.
Full details of database and driver support are below in the Current Products List. See: DataFlex SQL Driver Support & Updates
When used in conjunction with Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2016, DataFlex Studio and Windows Client are supported on Windows Terminal Services.
When used in conjunction with other supported Windows operating systems, DataFlex Studio and Windows Client are supported on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp and XenDesktop).
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) must be installed and operational to run DataFlex WebApp Server.
The DataFlex ODBC driver has been specially tuned to optimize performance with specific databases using their corresponding ODBC connectors and drivers. Databases supported via ODBC are:
You can find ODBC configuration information specific to certain database backends, like MySQL (MySQL.int) and Oracle (Oracle.int), in the \Bin directory. These files should be modified according to your specific installed version of the target database.
A variety of additional data sources can be accessed through ODBC including SQLite, SQLBase, Microsoft Access, flat file databases like dBase and even non-database data like Excel and ASCII files. The use of the DataFlex ODBC driver requires the installation of a specific ODBC driver for the target data source.
DataFlex SQL Drivers 20.0 and later are Unicode drivers and cannot be used with non-Unicode DataFlex 2019 - 19.1 and older. To acquire the most current SQL Drivers for Unicode environment (DataFlex 2021 - 20.0 and newer), simply install the latest DataFlex build, which also includes the newest drivers.
For older DataFlex releases, we publish a DataFlex SQL Driver update ZIP file that contains the latest drivers ready to install in properly licensed deployment environments that already have prior DataFlex SQL drivers.
Download the DataFlex SQL Driver Update 6.3.0.25 ZIP.
You can determine the driver version installed in your DataFlex environments by clicking Help | About | System Information in the DataFlex Studio. Unless you have specific reason not to, we recommend that you update your installation to the latest DataFlex SQL Drivers available along with the corresponding ODBC driver (e.g. ODBC Driver 17 or MySQL Connector/ODBC 8) available for the target database or data source.
By installing the above update, DataFlex 2019 - 19.1 (and older) will be considered supported for the databases listed above when used with the newest DataFlex SQL Drivers and corresponding ODBC drivers.
For supported OS versions, please refer to the DataFlex environment where the database drivers will be installed.
Released March 20, 2024
Released April 12, 2023
Released June 29, 2022
All builds from 6.2.35 through 6.5.12 released Nov. 2015
For customer support purposes, a "Current Product" is the latest release and the two prior releases as listed above...
Operating system vendors frequently release updates, patches and service packs. Some issues encountered with our products may be resolved by newer operating system versions released by the vendor.
Note that support for environments listed in this guide may be subject to change even after the product’s release. To ensure compatibility, regularly review the published Current Products list for the latest supported environments.
Data Access Worldwide will not investigate reported issues in our "Current Products" that occur on an operating system, database server or other third party product if, before or since our product’s release, the vendor’s “Mainstream” or similar support level has expired or the third party product has otherwise become obsolete.
LocalDB is truly a local database only - you cannot connect to a LocalDB instance from a remote computer. According to Microsoft, LocalDB is intended for use by developers’s and is not designed for typical business database application requirements.
LocalDB information from Microsoft is available here.