I have a lot of embedded C/C++/Ada experience and an outdated smattering of Delphi plus some database stuff.

Now I have to implement an app in Delphi which can manipulate MySql, Oracle, maybe MS Access. In short, I need ODBC.

I need to programmatically created a database, define its structure and populate its contents, then later query its existence and programmatically search.

I would prefer not to use 3rd party components, unless there is a compelling reason to do so (performance ought not to be an issue for the app, it won't have much data or be run often, at least not in v1.0) .

Can anyone point me at a tutorial which can get me up to speed? Thanks