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Get database path with its alias
Title: Get database path with its alias
Question: Get database path with its alias
Answer:
With dbiGetDatabaseDesc:
uses BDE;
.....
procedure ShowDatabaseDesc(DBName: String);
const
DescStr = 'Driver Name: %s'#13#10'AliasName: %s'#13#10 +
'Text: %s'#13#10'Physical Name/Path: %s';
var
dbDes: DBDesc;
begin
dbiGetDatabaseDesc(PChar(DBName), @dbDes);
with dbDes do
ShowMessage(Format(DescStr, [szDbType, szName, szText, szPhyName]));
end;