For many reasons you may need the installed BDE (Borland Database Engine) version. One of them (the main one probably) is that BDE versions are not always compatible with each other. Therefore you may want to use different code/components at runtime.
Use the code below to determine what version of BDE is installed on the system. [...]
You shouldn’t have any problems installing and using more than one version of Delphi on one computer. All you have to do is install each version in different directories (setup does this by default) and keep in mind to install the versions from oldest to newest (Delphi 1 first … Delphi 2005 / CodeGear - [...]
We are one of the oldest and most popular Delphi FAQs. We have great growing collection of Delphi tips and tricks! Feel free to submit your Delphi & Kylix tips and tricks to m3Rlin@delphifaq.net.
Merlin’s Delphi Forge