RAD Studio IDE Backup and FireDAC Connection Settings Integration
0 reputation · 09 Nov 2021, 06:32 UTC
RAD Studio’s IDE Backup & Restore feature saves IDE options, project files and workspace state as XML/INI files, while FireDAC provides its own SQL‑script based database backup and restore mechanisms. The two processes currently operate independently; the IDE backup does not capture FireDAC connection parameters, and there is no automated step to verify that a restored database contains the expected data after an IDE restore.
The goal is to determine whether the IDE backup can be extended to store FireDAC connection settings and to trigger an automatic integrity check (e.g., a sample query) once the IDE and database are restored. This would reduce manual verification steps and ensure that connection configurations survive an IDE migration.
Does the IDE backup file include FireDAC connection elements after a backup operation? Can a restored IDE automatically re‑apply those connections without user intervention? Is there a built‑in way to run a verification query against the restored database as part of the IDE restore workflow?