Delphi Starter XE2 does not come with many options to connect to databases. You can however install the Zeos database components, so that you can connect to most common database engines. As per the ZEOS portal you should be able to connect to:
- ADO
- Mysql 4.1 to 6.0,
- Interbase 5 / 6
- Firebird 1.0 to 2.1
- Postgres 7 to 8
- SQLite 2.8 to 3