What's new in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 8.3.10

Jan 18, 2024
  • .NET 8 compatibility
  • Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 Preview is supported
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 8.0.0 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 7.0.14 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 6.0.25 is supported
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to MySQL):
  • .NET 8 compatibility
  • Entity Developer:
  • EF Core 8 is added to the list of available Entity Framework versions in Create Model Wizard and Model Settings in EF Core Model
  • .NET 8 is added to the list of available Target Framework versions in Create Model Wizard and Model Settings in EF, EF Core, and LinqConnect models
  • The new extended property Do Not Generate OnConfiguring Method is added for the model in EF Core Model
  • The bug with naming of local variables in the code generated for invoking stored procedures and functions with parameters in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with unnecessary generation of the GetByKey() method in a repository for entities without primary key (QueryType=True) in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with wrongly turned on without the ability to turn off options "Detect Many-to-Many associations" and "Detect Table-Per-Type inheritances" in Model Settings of EF Core 1, 2, 3 models is fixed
  • The bug with the availability of the "Table-Per-Type Hierarchy (TPT)" option in the "Model Refactoring" dialog of EF Core 1, 2, 3 models is fixed
  • The bug with the availability of the "Table-Per-Concrete-Type Hierarchy (TPC)" option in the "Model Refactoring" dialog of EF Core 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 models is fixed
  • The hang of Visual Studio 2022 when saving the model is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 8.2.0 (Nov 17, 2023)

  • PostgreSQL 16 is supported
  • Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 Preview is supported
  • The error during installation on the 32-bit version of Windows has been fixed
  • The bug with IPv6 host in the connection string is fixed
  • The bug with unhandled NullReferenceException is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 7.0.5 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 6.0.16 is supported
  • The bug with incorrect SQL translation of reused LINQ query, which includes array.Contains() and other expressions, in EF Core 5/6/7 is fixed
  • The bug with throwing Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.ManyServiceProvidersCreatedWarning by the UsePostgreSql(DbConnection connection) extension method of DbContextOptionsBuilder in EF Core 6 and EF Core 7 is fixed
  • The bug with using custom converters in mapping in EF Core 3 and higher is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with detecting the numeric default value of string columns as function-based column default value in EF Core Model is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 8.1.151 (Jun 6, 2023)

  • Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7 Preview is supported
  • The bug with throwing the "Unexpected server response" error when executing INSERT into a non-existing table is fixed
  • The bug in DataSet designer is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 7.0.5 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 6.0.16 is supported
  • The bug with incorrect SQL translation of reused LINQ query, which includes array.Contains() and other expressions, in EF Core 5/6/7 is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behavior is changed: the primitive properties by default have Inheritance Modifier = None
  • The bug with the detection of non-existent changes while updating a model from a database is fixed
  • The bug with creating Devart Entity Model in Visual Studio 2022 is fixed
  • The bug with missing model context namespace in EntityFrameworkUnitOfWork.cs produced by the Repository And Unit of Work template (C#) in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with generating incorrect scale in mapping for decimal columns by the EF Core template (Visual Basic) in EF Core 5 and higher is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 8.1.134 (Mar 3, 2023)

  • Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 Preview is supported
  • .NET 7 compatibility
  • PostgreSQL 15 is supported
  • The сonnection to PostgreSQL 12 and higher via SSH using SHA-256/512 algorithms is supported
  • Bug with processing PgSQL block in within SQL script is fixed
  • Bug with processing numeric field type is fixed
  • Bug with processing inet[] field type is fixed
  • Bug with processing BIT field type to BitArray is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 7.0.2 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 6.0.13 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.32 is supported
  • The bug with missing the CREATE TABLE statement for __EFMigrationsHistory in EF Core 5 and EF Core 6 Migrations is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new extended properties Do Not Generate Serializable Attribute and Do Not Serialize are added for complex types in EF Core Model
  • The bug with applying the Generate Serializable Attributes and Serialization Library settings of the EF Core template to the generated complex types is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 8.0.0 (Jul 1, 2022)

  • .NET 6 compatibility.
  • macOS 11 Arm64 (or "Apple Silicon" or "Apple M1") support.
  • Windows 11 is supported.
  • Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 is supported.
  • Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 Preview is supported.
  • The incorrect dump of sequence value is fixed.
  • The bug with IPv6 host in the connection string is fixed.The bug when mapping PostgreSQL inet and macaddr types in Entity Framework Core Model is fixed.
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 6.0.5 is supported.
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.17 is supported.
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.25 is supported.
  • Entity Developer:
  • 64-bit version of standalone Entity Developer application is added.
  • 64-bit version of console Entity Developer application is added.

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.24.2066 (Jan 25, 2022)

  • The KeepConnected connection string parameter is implemented to determine the number of seconds of connection inactivity before the client sends a ping request
  • The Load Balancing support is implemented: now several hosts with their ports can be specified in the Host parameter of the connection string
  • The Target Session connection string parameter is added for managing Load Balancing functionality, possible values are SuppressLoadBalancing, Any, PreferStandby, PreferPrimary, Primary, Standby
  • The TargetSession property is added to the PgSqlCommand class to provide the possibility to overwrite the behavior of the same option set in the connection object
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug when mapping PostgreSQL inet and macaddr types in Entity Framework Core Model is fixed
  • The behavior is changed: turning off the "Save connection to" option in Model Settings of EF Core Model wipes out connection string literal from the generated code
  • The behavior is changed: Devart.Data.MySql.Entity.EF5.dll compiled with .NET Framework 4.7 is used now in EF5 models
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The new EntityEF5net47Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.EF5.dll assembly compiled with .NET Framework 4.7 is added
  • The new EntityEF5net47Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.Migrations.EF5.dll assembly compiled with .NET Framework 4.7 is added
  • The new EntityEF5net47Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.Spatials.EF5.dll assembly compiled with .NET Framework 4.7 is added
  • The bug with generating the "Value cannot be null" error when dropping indexes via Code-First Migrations in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with a materialization used within the Let operator of LINQ query in EF6 is fixed
  • The bug with using .Contains with a collection within .Select of LINQ query in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with throwing the "schema does not exist" error by Database.EnsureDeleted() in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with saving and reading string value NULL to/from HSTORE data type in PostgreSQL mapped to Dictionary<string, string> or ImmutableDictionary<string, string> or SortedDictionary<string, string> or ImmutableSortedDictionary<string, string> in EF Core 3, EF Core 5, EF Core 6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.23.2042 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • The bug with reading SSL certificates from MemCryptStorage is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The model validation is improved: the errors are generated for all entities with QueryType=True in EF Core Model when EF Core version=EF Core 1 in Model Settings
  • The bug with wrong automatic assigning QueryType=True for views added to EF Core Model, when EF Core version=EF Core 1 in Model Settings, is fixed
  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException when saving the changed value of the "Save connection to" option in Model Settings of EF Core Model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 6.0.1 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.13 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.22 is supported
  • The config.SpatialOptions settings are supported in EF Core
  • The bug with throwing the "Expression in SQL tree does not have type mapping assigned" error with NetTopologySuite in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with generating the "Value cannot be null" error when adding or dropping FK via Code-First Migrations in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.21.2014 (Nov 9, 2021)

  • The new features of PostgreSQL Server 14 are supported:
  • Multirange data types:
  • The database types int4multirange, int8multirange, nummultirange, datemultirange, tsmultirange, tstzmultirange can be used with the provider now
  • The new members IntMultirange, BigIntMultirange, NumericMultirange, TimeStampMultirange, TimeStampTZMultirange, DateMultirange are added to the PgSqlType enum
  • PgSqlReader.GetProviderSpecificValue returns provider-specific range types: PgSqlIntRange[] for int4multirange, PgSqlBigIntRange[] for int8multirange, PgSqlNumericRange[] for nummultirange, PgSqlTimeStampRange[] for datemultirange, PgSqlTimeStampTZRange[] for tsmultirange, PgSqlDateRange[] for tstzmultirange
  • NaN, Infinity, -Infinity values of numeric data types generate a NotSupportedException to avoid inconsistency
  • OUT parameters of stored procedures
  • The start value and the current value of the sequence are saved correctly by PgSqlDump
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with parsing discriminator value as string, even when its type is different, in TPH inheritance of EF Core Model is fixed.
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.12 is supported.
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.21 is supported.

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.21.2001 (Oct 21, 2021)

  • Visual Studio 2019 Preview support is discontinued
  • The bug with throwing Devart.Common.LicenseException, when Devart.Data.PostgreSql.dll is embedded into a single file application, is fixed
  • The bug with applying .NET Standard licensing to .NET 6 projects is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with launching Entity Developer after applying Windows 10 Update KB5006670 and Windows 11 Update KB5006674 is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with parsing TypeName values in XML mapping generated by Visual Basic template is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.11 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.20 is supported
  • The implementation of config.CodeFirstOptions.TruncateLongDefaultNames in EF6 .NET Standard compliant assemblies is improved: the generated names are constant, independent on a current domain and workstation
  • The bug with using DateTime.Today, DateTime.Now, DateTime.UtcNow, DateTimeOffset.Now within LINQ query in EF Core 5 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.21.1985 (Sep 28, 2021)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The new property Validation Framework is implemented in the Data Transfer Object template for generating DataAnnotations attributes
  • The Uri data type is supported in EF Core Mode
  • The new option "Save connection to" is implemented in Model Settings of EF Core Model to provide the ability to store the connection string in "Model file", "Entity Developer storage", "Environment variable"
  • The new option "Enum Output" is added to the EF Core template to specify output for the generated enums
  • The new property Generate UnitOfWork Repository Properties (by default, True) is implemented in the Repository and Unit Of Work template of EF Core Model for accessing the collections of entities
  • The representation of one-to-one association with non-nullable properties on both ends is changed from 1 -> 1 to 0..1 -> 1 on a diagram in EF Core Model
  • The bug with code generation for the Constrained option of Association Editor in the case of 0..1 -> 1 association in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug throwing "Unknown property 'DoNotSerialize'.", when complex types and VB.NET template are used in EF Core Model, is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.10 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.19 is supported
  • The SQL translation of the following class members used in LINQ query is supported in EF Core 3 and EF Core 5:
  • static method IsNullOrWhiteSpace() of the String class
  • static property Today and instance properties DayOfWeek, Ticks of the DateTime class
  • static methods Max(), Min(), Sqrt(), Log(), Log10(), Sin(), Cos(), Tan(), Asin(), Acos(), Atan() of the Math class
  • The SQL translation of the following class members used in LINQ query is supported in EF Core 5:
  • static method Parse() of the System.Net.IPAddress class
  • static method Parse() of the System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress class
  • static methods Abs(), Round(), Truncate(), Floor(), Ceiling(), Max(), Min(), Pow(), Sqrt(), Log(), Log10(), Sin(), Cos(), Tan(), Asin(), Acos(), Atan() of the MathF class
  • Mapping of System.Decimal to PostgreSQL DECIMAL with specified precision and scale in EF Core 5 is supported
  • Mapping of the PostgreSQL HSTORE data type to Dictionary, SortedDictionary, ImmutableDictionary, ImmutableSortedDictionary is supported in EF Core 3 and EF Core 5
  • The HasFilter extension on IndexBuilder in EF Core Migrations is supported in EF Core 3 and EF Core 5
  • Mapping of internet/intranet data type System.Uri to PostgreSQL TEXT is supported in EF Core 3 and EF Core 5
  • Mapping of network data types System.Net.IPAddress and System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress to PostgreSQL INET and MACADDR/MACADDR8 is supported in EF Core 5
  • The definition of System.ICloneable is removed from .NET Framework assembly EntityEFCore3Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.EFCore.dll

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1944 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The new methods IsNotDistinctFrom() and IsDistinctFrom() are added to the Devart.Data.Linq.SqlMethods class
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.8 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.17 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1944 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The new methods IsNotDistinctFrom() and IsDistinctFrom() are added to the Devart.Data.Linq.SqlMethods class
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.8 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.17 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1930 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 Preview 2.0 is supported
  • The "WITH OIDS" clause was excluded from dump results for PostgreSQL version 12 and higher
  • The bug with converting the timestamp with time zone value to DateTimeOffset by PgSqlDataReader is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behavior of the Regenerate Storage and Mapping functionality in EF Core Model is changed: the NOT NULL attribute of the column is reset to undefined now; after that, the behavior depends on the Nullable attribute of the class property only
  • The bug with applying the Default Precision and Default Scale values from Model Settings to the non-decimal data types by Update To Database Wizard in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with updating TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, BOOLEAN, DOUBLE PRECISION, NUMERIC, CHARACTER(1) columns via Update To Database Wizard is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.7 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.16 is supported
  • The bug with comparing enum values in EF Core 3 and EF Core 5 is fixed
  • The bug with .Contains and .Length in EF Core 3 and EF Core 5, when using NetTopologySuite spatial functionality, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1905 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • The bug with the "Failed to merge object(s). Object reference not set to an instance of an object…" error during create DataSet with View objects is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new extended property Use Generic DbContextOptions Constructor Argument is added to model properties of EF Core Model
  • The new extended property Do Not Generate Constructor With DbContextOptions Argument is added to model properties of EF Core Model
  • The bug with generating the Equals method for entities with Record Type=True by C# EF Core template is fixed
  • The bug with cleaning values of Length and Precision/Scale column's attributes by Update From Database Wizard in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug with ignoring template's Validation Error Messages values in the generated code, when class property's Validate Expression is initialized and Validate Format is set to a non-default value, is fixed
  • The bug with creating app.config in Visual Studio .NET Framework projects, when the "Rewrite connection string during regeneration" option is turned off in Model Settings, is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.6 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.15 is supported
  • The EF6 provider registration used with .NET Framework compliant assemblies is improved: the [DbConfigurationType(typeof(PgSqlEntityProviderServicesConfiguration))] attribute set for DbContext descendant allows now calling the DbContext constructor, that accepts a connection string, with no need to register a custom IDbConnectionFactory implementation
  • The bug with connection recovery after the initial connection attempt failure in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1866 (Apr 11, 2021)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The new hotkey Alt+E is implemented in Property Editor for opening Column Editor in EF Core Model
  • The bug with throwing "bufferAdapter is not a VsTextDocData" when saving a model in .NET Core, .NET Standard, .NET 5, .NET 6 projects of Visual Studio 2019 is fixed
  • The bug with missing .NET Framework, .NET Core 1, .NET Core 2 options for the Target Framework property in Model Settings of EF Core Model in a standalone Entity Developer is fixed
  • The bug with preserving Target Framework=.NET Framework in Model Settings of EF Core Model in a standalone Entity Developer is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1860 (Apr 1, 2021)

  • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10 Preview is supported
  • Using SslStream to create SSL connections for .NET Standard (.NET Core) Projects is implemented
  • Additional mode of parameter substitution in the query in the SSIS Data Flow Source component: substitution as is, without escaping
  • The bug with a DateTime variable in the SSIS Source component is fixed
  • The bug with opening SSL connection to PostgreSQL Server 13 that uses password_encryption=scram-sha-256 is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • .NET 6.0 is added to the list of available Target Framework versions in Create Model Wizard and Model Settings in EF Core, EF6, LinqConnect models
  • The new extended property Record Type is added for classes in the case of C# EF Core template to generate records instead of classes in C# 9.0 or higher and .NET 5 or higher
  • The new options "Private setter for store generated properties" and "Constructor parameter" are added to Model Settings in EF Core for controlling visibility of setter for store generated properties
  • The new options "Don't show this message again" in the prompt window and "Prompt before generating code when there are model validation warnings" in the menu Options are implemented in a standalone Entity Developer to provide the ability not to stop code generation by warnings
  • The new extended property Do Not Generate Default Constructor is added to EF Core Model for model, classes, and complex types
  • The new extended property Do Not Generate Mapping is added to EF Core Model for class properties
  • The JSON (Newtonsoft.Json, Microsoft.Text.Json) and YAML (YamlDotNet) serializations are supported in EF Core (via EF Core template) and EF6 (via DbContext template):
  • The new template property Serialization Library is added for specifying the library used for serialization
  • The new template property Serialize Original Column Names is added for controlling the appearance of original column names in serialization
  • The new template property Serialize Navigation Properties is added for controlling the appearance of navigation properties in serialization
  • The new template property Serialize Null Value is added for managing the behavior of nullable properties
  • The new extended property Do Not Serialize is added for properties and navigation properties to exclude them from serialization
  • The new extended property Serialization Name is added for properties and navigation properties to set custom names in serialization
  • The Data Transfer Object template is improved:
  • The new template property Serialization Library is added for specifying library used for serialization, possible values are Data Contract, JSON (Newtonsoft.Json), JSON (Microsoft.Text.Json), YamlDotNet
  • The new extended property Do Not Serialize is added for properties and navigation properties to exclude them from serialization
  • The new extended property Serialization Name is added for properties and navigation properties to set custom names in serialization
  • The behavior is changed: WCF Data Contract Attributes is set to False by default now
  • The following properties are marked as obsolete:
  • the Generate Data Contracts property of the EF Core template
  • the Do Not Generate Data Contract Attribute extended property of navigation properties in EF Core Model
  • the WCF Data Contract Attributes property of the DbContext and Data Transfer Object templates
  • the WCF DataMember Attribute on Navigation Properties property of the DbContext and Data Transfer Object templates
  • The bug with creating app.config in Visual Studio .NET Core projects is fixed
  • The bug with detecting the existing classes with QueryType=True by Update From Database Wizard in EF Core Model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.4 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.13 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1836 (Feb 19, 2021)

  • The new command line option /disablegac that disables adding assemblies to GAC is added
  • The bug in PgSqlDependency when created a lot of dependences is fixed
  • The bug with applying the "Unprepared Execute=True;" connection string parameter to the command object created with PgSqlCommand.Clone() is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behavior is changed in Entity Developer embedded into Visual Studio: lower versions in the EF Core version property of Model Settings are not hidden any more
  • The behavior is changed in EF Core Model: QueryType=True is set now for all classes without PK
  • C# code generation is improved: the using directives are generated instead of full namespaces in the names of attributes for DataAnnotations, NHibernate Validator, and Enterprise Library validation frameworks
  • Code generation is improved: OnModelCreating(modelBuilder) of the base class is invoked now if the Base Context Type property of EF Core Model is initialized
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.3 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.12 is supported
  • The bug with translating Enum.HasFlag to SQL in EF Core 3 and EF Core 5 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1812 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • The bug with blocking thread during retrieving a connection from the pool, when connections from the same pool are used in several threads, is fixed
  • The bug with inserting JSONB value via a parameter of PgSqlCommand is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new attribute DisplayName is implemented for model objects' extended properties which are available via template properties
  • The new options --ContextNamespace and --DefaultNamespace are added to the Create-Model command of Console Entity Developer
  • The new extended model property Base Context Type is added for specifying a parent class for the generated context in EF Core Model
  • The new extended properties Base Type for complex types and Base Complex Type for model are implemented in EF Core Model
  • The %type name% keyword is supported in the Base Type extended property of entities and complex types, and in Base Complex Type, Base Entity Type, Base Context Type extended model properties for setting generic base type in EF Core Model
  • Code generation is improved: RelationalIndexBuilderExtensions.HasDatabaseName is generated now instead of RelationalIndexBuilderExtensions.HasName in EF Core 5
  • Display names of extended properties in EF Core Model are updated: Entity Base is renamed to Base Type in class properties, Entity Base is renamed to Base Entity Type in model properties, Context Base is renamed to Base Context Type in model properties
  • The bug with setting additional keyboard mapping scheme via menu Options on Windows with German display language is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The new property Local is added to the Table and Table<T> classes to return a collection of the entities attached to the context
  • The new method GetEntityState(object entity) is added to Table class and ITable interface to return one of the EntityState values
  • The bug with throwing "Bad key member '...' in association '...' of type '...'." in runtime by .NET Standard compliant assemblies is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.2 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.11 is supported
  • The new metadata to describe autoincremental columns via annotations in EF Core Code-First Migrations are implemented

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1792 (Dec 17, 2020)

  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0.1 is supported
  • The bug with creating savepoints in EF Core 5 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.20.1782 (Dec 3, 2020)

  • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 Preview is supported
  • The bug with loading data into the JSONB column via PgSqlLoader in the PgSqlLoaderMode.Binary mode is fixed
  • The bug with updating projects that reference EF6 provider assembly via Upgrade Wizard is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new features are supported in Entity Framework 5.0:
  • TPT inheritance
  • Many-to-many associations
  • The new types of properties IPAddress and PhysicalAddress
  • The Model Refactoring functionality is supported for classes in EF Core Model
  • The behavior is changed in a standalone Entity Developer: by default the Target Framework model property in EF Core Model is set to .NET 5 instead of .NET Framework
  • The bug with saving non-default value of Target Framework model property in EF6 model modified with a standalone Entity Developer is fixed
  • The bug with adding new arguments at the end of argument list instead of actual position in method signature by Update From Database Wizard is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 5.0 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.10 is supported
  • The behavior is changed: EF Core 3 assemblies available via NuGet package are compiled for .NET Standard 2.0 instead of .NET Standard 2.1
  • The behavior is changed: EF Core 2 assemblies are no longer available via NuGet package but created in the provider installation folder
  • The bug with using another context's connection in DbContextOptionsBuilder.UsePostgreSql(connection) in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.19.1759 (Oct 29, 2020)

  • PostgreSQL 13 is supported
  • The behavior is changed: metadata returned by the GetSchema("Tables") and GetSchema("Columns") methods of PgSqlConnection are supplemented now with the list of Foreign tables and columns correspondingly
  • The bug with Visual Studio 2019 integration, when both v16.7 RTM and v16.8 Preview are installed on the same computer, is fixed
  • The bug with missing Name and Owner properties of the PgSqlConnection class in .NET Standard compliant assemblies is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with reading templates from *.edps by console Entity Developer is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.9 is supported
  • The bug with detecting FK relationship by the Scaffold-DbContext functionality in EF Core 3 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.18.1739 (Oct 1, 2020)

  • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview is supported
  • Entity Developer:
  • EF Core 3 spatial data types support is improved: in addition to Geometry and Geography, specific .NET NetTopologySuite types like GeographyPoint, GeographyLine are now available property types
  • The bug with throwing "EntityProperty does not contain a definition for IsSpatialType", when custom template from previous versions is used, in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug with applying On Delete Action=Cascade set in Association Editor to the Generate Database Script functionality in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug with reading settings from *.edps by console Entity Developer is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException by the Code-First CreateDatabase() / Code-First Migrations functionality in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.18.1730 (Sep 17, 2020)

  • The SendCallStack property is added to the Devart.Common.DbMonitor class for possibility to turn off resource-demanding logging of CallStack
  • The Filter property is added to the Devart.Common.DbMonitor class for possibility to choose events being logged
  • The Devart.Common.DbMonitor class is improved: now values of the DateTime parameters sent to the dbMonitor tool are supplemented with milliseconds
  • The bug with updating projects in folders below the main project by Upgrade Wizard is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The error message in console Entity Developer is improved: now the text includes the list of all available templates if the specified name of template was incorrect
  • The bug with saving a new model, which has never been saved before, after some time of work in a standalone Entity Developer is fixed
  • The bug with generating mapping for the properties with Shadow=True in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug with using spatial types inside complex types in EF Core Model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Support for spatial data types in EF Core 3 is implemented
  • The new names of spatial functions in MySQL Server 8 are supported in EF5/EF6 provider
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.8 is supported
  • The new NuGet package Devart.Data.MySql.EFCore.NetTopolosySuite with a .NET Standard 2.1 assembly, that is compatible with .NET Core 3, is added
  • The new EntityEFCore3Devart.Data.MySql.Entity.EFCore.NetTopolosySuite.dll assembly compiled with EF Core 3.1 and .NET Framework 4.6.1 is added
  • The MySqlFunctions class, which allows using MySQL-specific functions in LINQ to Entities, is supported in EF Core
  • The MySqlTextFunctions class, which allows using MySQL full-text search functionality in LINQ to Entities, is supported in EF Core

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.17.1696 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException when opening *.edmx with invalid associations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.17.1686 (Jul 16, 2020)

  • The behavior is changed: ReadOnly=true is no longer set for all columns in PgSqlDataTable.Columns when the query joins several tables
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with detecting FK relationships to tables in other schemas by Create Model Wizard and Update From Database Wizard is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • The overload of Compare() method, that accepts StringComparison as an argument, is supported
  • The "Could not find element type in model" bug when loading XML mapping in .NET Standard LinqConnect assemblies is fixed
  • The bug with using enums via .NET Standard compliant assemblies is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with incorrect SQL generation when using .Substring() in a .Select() statement in EF Core 2 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.17.1666 (Jun 17, 2020)

  • Entity Developer:
  • .NET 5 is added to the list of available Target Framework versions in Create Model Wizard and Model Settings in EF6, EF Core, LinqConnect models
  • The new option "Execute procedures for result set detection" is added to Model Settings of EF Core Model to control obtaining metadata of a procedure or function result set
  • The new option "Use NULL parameter values" is added to Model Settings of EF Core Model to specify whether NULL parameter values are used for stored procedure execution
  • The new option "Add complex types to diagram" is added to Model Settings of EF Core Model to control behavior of Create Model Wizard and Update Model From Database Wizard
  • The new option "Add new complex types to the current diagram" is added to Update Model From Database Wizard of EF Core Model
  • The new Primitive Default Value Generation property is added to EF, EF Core templates to determine whether to generate initialization for a primitive property based on database DEFAULT column value
  • The new property Collection Property Type is added to EF template "DbContext" and EF Core template "EF Core" to determine .NET type used as a property type for the Many end of associations
  • The new property Collection Initialization Type is added to EF template "DbContext" and EF Core template "EF Core" to determine .NET type used for initialization of the Many end of association; if it is set to None, then no initialization is generated
  • The new property "Nullable Reference Types" is added to C# templates of EF, EF Core models to specify whether C# 8 nullable reference types and non-nullable reference types must be generated
  • The new partial method is added to the OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) method generated by DbContext template of EF model
  • The EF Core model deserialization is improved: Entity Developer shows the full list of detected errors and tries to load the model with invalid elements or ignores such elements if their deserialization is not possible
  • Console Entity Developer improvements:
  • Import of stored procedures and functions via Create-Model command is supported
  • The new options --Procedures and --Functions are added to Create-Model command for filtering stored procedures and functions; by default all procedures/functions are imported
  • The new option --Execute is added to Create-Model command for executing procedures/functions to get metadata from result set
  • The asterisk symbol (*) is supported in --Tables and --Views parameters of Create-Model to include all objects
  • The bug with opening connection via some supported providers is fixed
  • The bug with enumerating values separated with comma and without whitespace in --Templates, --Schemas, --Tables parameters is fixed
  • The list of keywords and reserved words of PostgreSQL being quoted by Entity Developer is updated
  • The DbProviderFactories registration is implemented in Create Model Wizard for EF6 models and .NET Framework provider assemblies
  • The new property Target Framework is added to Create Model Wizard and Model Settings of EF6 models
  • The compatibility issue with JetBrains ReSharper is fixed
  • The behavior is changed: the definition of auto-implemented property is put now on the single line with
  • C# DbContext template of Devart Entity Model when ImplementINotifyPropertyChanging=False and ImplementINotifyPropertyChanged=False and PropertyChangePartialMethods=False
  • C# EF Core template of Devart EF Core Model when PropertyChangeNotifiers=False and PropertyChangePartialMethods=False
  • The behavior for the new EF, EF Core models is changed: Primitive Default Value Generation is set to Literal now instead of LiteralOrExpression
  • The behavior is changed: the names of system types are generated without "System." prefix now in EF Core models; for example, it is DateTime instead of System.DateTime
  • The behavior is changed: only one confirmation for executing stored procedure is requested by Entity Developer when drag&drop-ing procedure from Database Explorer to Model Explorer or diagram surface
  • The behavior is changed: now the EF Core template generates an additional partial class for the context class when "File Per Class" and "Generate Partial Class" are set to True
  • The bug with detecting strings, being expressions, as string literals when generating initialization of string properties basing on database columns' default values in EF, EF Core models is fixed
  • The bug with detecting numbers, being quoted string literals, as strings when generating initialization of numeric properties basing on database columns' default values in EF, EF Core models is fixed
  • The bug with missing default value in the generated code basing on DEFAULT value in a database, when any of ImplementINotifyPropertyChanging, ImplementINotifyPropertyChanged, PropertyChangePartialMethods options of DbContext template in EF is turned on, is fixed
  • The bug with code generation for zero-or-one to zero-or-one association in the EF6 model with the DbContext template (Fluent Mapping=True) is fixed
  • The bug with generating .HasMany end of one-to-many association in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug with generating TPH mapping in EF Core 3 model is fixed
  • The bug with false appearing the "Table or view '...' has no primary key columns, and the entity key for the corresponding storage entity was calculated automatically from other fields." warning in the Error List window is fixed
  • The bug with generating new Guid() with Primitive Default Value Generation=Literal in EF, EF Core models is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The overloads of Contains(), StartsWith(), EndsWith(), IndexOf(), Equals() methods, that accept StringComparison as an argument, are supported
  • The bug with materializing elements, the types of which are explicitly converted from non-nullable to nullable on the client side, is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect detection of altered column comment in a many-to-many association join table by Update From Database Wizard is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6.4.4 is supported
  • The translation of the DateTime.AddMinutes() method in LINQ query into SQL statement in EF Core is supported
  • The EF6 provider registration used with .NET Standard compliant assemblies is improved: the [DbConfigurationType(typeof(PgSqlEntityProviderServicesConfiguration))] attribute set for DbContext descendant allows now calling the DbContext constructor, that accepts a connection string, with no need to register a custom IDbConnectionFactory implementation
  • The bug with adding / subtracting DateTime and TimeSpan, DateTimeOffset and TimeSpan values in LINQ query in EF Core 3 is fixed
  • The bug with SQL generation in EF Core 3, when enum values are used in CASE and COALESCE statements, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.17.1612 (Apr 2, 2020)

  • The bug with setting multiple comma-delimited schemas via the Schema connection string parameter is fixed
  • The bug with passing the PgSqlArray object with RAW element type as a parameter value is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The insert of the object, the type of which is an unmapped class inherited from a mapped class, is supported
  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException, when constructing the error saying that unmapped class is not supported, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Command-line interface is implemented in a standalone Entity Developer
  • The new property Context Name is added to Model Properties in EF Core Model
  • The new property Target Framework is added to Model Properties in EF Core Model
  • The provider registration is improved: requirement to put provider registration entry in the config file is not obligatory anymore
  • Create Model Wizard is improved: now it allows installing multiple NuGet packages on the final step
  • Model file tree in .NET Core / .NET Standard projects is improved: all generated code files and model files are nested under the same node in Solution Explorer
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.3 is supported
  • The .ToString() call for numbers, DateTime/DateTimeOffset properties and values in LINQ queries in EF Core is supported
  • The call of Convert.ToString(value) in LINQ queries in EF Core is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.17.1583 (Feb 20, 2020)

  • SQL Server Integration Services 2019 (SSIS 2019) is supported
  • The PgSqlDataTable and PgSqlDataSet classes are supported in .NET Standard 2.0
  • The behavior is changed: pool is automatically cleared when AppDomain is being closed
  • The bug with initializing NHibernate configuration on .NET Standard 2.0 is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with returning multiple result sets in code generated by the EF Core template is fixed
  • The bug with detecting MySQL computed columns is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1.1 is supported
  • The bug with using nullable enum properties with default mapping to integers in LINQ query in EF Core 3.1 is fixed
  • The bug with using value converters detected automatically by .HasConversion() in EF Core 3 is fixed
  • The bug with using NULL constant values in EF Core 3 is fixed
  • The bug with using binary operators AND, OR in EF Core 3 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.16.1541 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview is supported
  • The bug with using Toolbox component PgSqlDataSource in web projects of Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 is fixed
  • The bug with enabling Devart DataSet Editor in Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with using Toolbox component DbLinqDataSource in web projects of Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with creating one-to-one association basing on an optional FK in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug with code generation for oneOrZero-to-one and one-to-many associations based on an optional FK in EF Core Model is fixed
  • The bug with generating a mapping for a unique constraint specified in owned type property of EF Core Model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6.4 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 3.1 is supported
  • The new EntityEFCore3Devart.Data.Oracle.Entity.EFCore.dll assembly compiled with EF Core 3.1 and .NET Framework 4.6.1 is added
  • The new config.CodeFirstOptions.TruncateAllLongNames option (default value is False) is added to use EF Core 2/EF Core 3 implementation for truncating long names of columns and PK/FK/IX/UX
  • The config.DatabaseScript.ForeignKey.IndexCreation configuration option is supported in EF Core 1/EF Core 2/EF Core 3
  • The bug with creating a unique constraint in the database via EF Core Code-First Migrations is fixed
  • The bug with applying .ValueGeneratedOnAdd() to the string, guid, byte[] properties with .Key() and without .HasDefaultValueSql() in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with detecting implicit database column type, when model mapping and migration mapping are different, via EF Core Code-First Migrations is fixed
  • The bug with generating SQL when using explicit cast in LINQ queries in EF Core 1/EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with throwing the "Null TypeMapping in Sql Tree" error by methods in LINQ query in EF Core 3 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.15.1519 (Nov 21, 2019)

  • The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported by Devart DataSet Editor
  • The bug with using PgSqlArray of the Varchar type as a command parameter, when connection string includes "UnpreparedExecute=True;", is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The Self-Contained Entity Configuration property is added to VB.NET version of EF Core template
  • The Entities Configuration Output property is added to VB.NET version of EF Core template
  • The code generation for the class properties with Alternate Key=True by VB.NET version of EF Core template is supported in EF Core model
  • The bug with code generation, when Raw SQL Query is initialized in class properties, in EF Core 3 model is fixed
  • The bug with generating .HasNoKey(), when Self-Contained Entity Configuration is set to True in properties of EF Core template, in EF Core 3 model is fixed
  • The bug with generating alternate keys, when Self-Contained Entity Configuration is set to True in C# version of EF Core template, in EF Core model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The SQL generation in case of config.QueryOptions.UseCSharpNullComparisonBehavior=true in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 is improved
  • The bug with using Scaffold-DbContext in EF Core 3 is fixed
  • The bug with the redundant empty ORDER BY clause in a subquery, when paging is used, in EF Core 3 is fixed
  • The bug with using .Contains within .Select of LINQ query in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with generating invalid SQL when calling members of owned type in EF Core 2 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.15.1504 (Oct 31, 2019)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The DbContext template is improved: precision and scale for database types are generated now in EF4/EF5/EF6 models when Fluent Mapping=True and Mapping Generation Strategy=UseAttributes
  • The bug with throwing the EntityFrameworkCoreVersion error in Create Model Wizard in a standalone Entity Developer is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.2.6 is supported
  • The bug with optimistic concurrency implementation in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.15.1499 (Oct 24, 2019)

  • PostgreSQL 12 is supported
  • The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported by Devart DataSet Manager
  • The bug with inserting data into GEOMETRY columns is fixed
  • The bug with updating TEXT columns in UTF8 databases is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The DbContext template is improved for using Entity Framework 6.3:
  • The "Configuration Type Name" property, which specifies the descendant of DbConfiguration class that should be used for code-based configuration, is added
  • The "Use DbConfigurationType Attribute" property, which determines whether to register the configuration type specified in the ConfigurationTypeName property of the DbConfigurationType attribute, is added
  • The DbProviderFactories.RegisterFactory method is generated when UseDbConfigurationTypeAttribute=true and ConfigurationTypeName='%Default%'
  • With UseDbConfigurationTypeAttribute=false, the static constructor for registering factory and the new partial method OnStaticConfigured are generated
  • The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported
  • The compatibility issue with JetBrains ReSharper is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 3.0 is supported
  • Entity Framework 6.3 is supported
  • The lock for Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore dependency is added to the NuGet package Devart.Data.PostgreSql.EFCore
  • The bug with invoking DbFunctions with the DateTime and DateTimeOffset parameters is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.14.1470 (Sep 13, 2019)

  • The integration with Visual Studio 2019 is improved: now the installation detects both 2019 Release and 2019 Preview versions
  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException instead of actual error in Workflow Foundation is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 9 is supported for projects with target framework .NET Core 3 or .NET Standard 2.1
  • The behaviour is changed: a plural form of names ending with "s" now has a longer version (for example, status -> statuses)
  • The bug with applying the new Foreign Key's Delete Rule values SET DEFAULT and SET NULL by the Update Database From Model and Update Model From Database wizards is fixed (Entity Framework)
  • The bug with copying a property with Primary Key=True / Entity Key=True to a complex type is fixed (Entity Framework)
  • The bug with naming of a composing unique key by Create Model Wizard / Update From Database Wizard in EF Core is fixed (Entity Framework)
  • The bug with invalid attempt to cast unsupported Visual Studio project to type 'VSLangProj.VSProject' is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 9 is supported
  • A new NuGet package Devart.Data.PostgreSql.EF6 with a .NET Standard 2.1 assembly, compatible with .NET Core 3, is added
  • The bug with using the same database connection in several EF Core contexts is fixed
  • The bug with applying a value converter to .Where expression with .Contains on nullable enum in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with casting the DateTimeOffset value passed to a function as an argument in EF6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.13.1437 (Jul 25, 2019)

  • Entity Framework support
  • The bug with applying a value converter to a nullable column in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with using DbFunctions.TruncateTime in EF6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.13.1422 (Jul 4, 2019)

  • The bug with throwing "Operation is not supported" by web providers, when the cookie is used, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The ability to disable generation of the byte order mark (BOM) in the beginning of code files in a standalone Entity Developer is implemented
  • The bug with design time copy/cut/paste functionality for entities is fixed
  • The bug with invalid integer to enum conversion by a generated method, which is based on SQL query and returns a collection of entities, in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with applying a filter to the nullable property with implicit EnumToStringConverter via LINQ queries in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with missing brackets around SELECT inside the generated CASE statement in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with nullable parameters in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with reopening connections in EF Core 2 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.13.1402 (Jun 6, 2019)

  • Deprecated design-time Synchronous API calls are no longer used with Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2017
  • The behaviour is changed: now PgSqlDataAdapter performs inserts in a batch with protocol 3 when the UpdateBatchSize property is used and UnpreparedExecute is true for InsertCommand
  • The bug with missing schema name in a function return type when the function is backed up via PgSqlDump.Backup is fixed
  • The bug with creating foreign key constraints before primary key constraints in a PgSqlDump.Backup result script is fixed
  • The bug with adding timestamp(6) instead of timestamp to a PgSqlDump.Backup result script is fixed
  • The bug with connecting to a PostgreSQL server on Google Cloud Platform is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.13.1366 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • Visual Studio 2019 is supported.
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with processing DBNull returned by the function in EF Core is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The performance of Entity Data Model Wizard when retrieving foreign keys metadata is improved
  • The bug with using the "Generate Database from Model" wizard when working with Entity Framework 6 Tools is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.12.1357 (Mar 28, 2019)

  • Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate 4 is supported
  • The bug with corrupting not Latin-1 characters by Migration Wizard for files with non-unicode encoding is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.2.3 is supported
  • The translation of DateTimeOffset literal into SQL statement is supported
  • The SQL translation of the following method overloads, that accept the StringComparison argument and return bool, in the System.String class is supported in EF Core 2: Contains, StartsWith, EndsWith, Equals
  • The bug with removing an empty __EFMigrationsHistory table by EnsureDeleted() in EF Core 2 for PostgreSQL 9.0 and higher is fixed
  • The bug with generating the COALESCE expression in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with calling DbExecutionStrategy.ShouldRetryOn(Exception), when the first connection fails to open, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.12.1328 (Feb 14, 2019)

  • The bug with PgSqlLoader.LoadTable(IDataReader) for .NET Standard 1.3 and .NET Standard 2 is fixed
  • The bug with applying Convert.IsDBNull() to PgSqlParameter.Value is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with executing incorrect SQL request (cached during one of the previous calls), when .Contains() is invoked in the multithreaded application, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with generating fluent mapping for the one-to-one association by the DbContext template in EF4/EF5/EF6 is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The translation of single-char literal into SQL statement in EF Core is supported
  • The bug with SQL generation, when optionsBuilder.UseLoggerFactory() is used, in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using a value converter for the property used in .Contains() in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with translating String.IndexOf() into SQL statement in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with updating a null value of the concurrency check column with some non-null value in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.12.1307 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • PostgreSQL 11 is supported
  • The bug with connecting to database with .NET Standard 1.3 compatible assemblies on .NET Framework 4.6.0 run-time is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The new overload DataContext.Refresh(bool ignoreErrors, RefreshMode mode, object entity) is added for ignoring errors during refresh
  • The existing overload DataContext.Refresh(RefreshMode mode, object entity) is improved: its check avoids the try to refresh the entity that is added to the context but not submitted to the database
  • The type and text of the error generated by the DataContext.Refresh(RefreshMode mode, object entity) method, when the passed entity doesn't exist in database, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The multiple select functionality in EF Core Model is improved: now it allows setting PrimaryKey, ValueGenerated, Concurrency for several properties simultaneously
  • The bug with detecting order of columns in composite primary key with two or more columns by Update To Database and by Update From Database wizards in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Framework) and Azure Functions v1 (.NET Framework) projects in Visual Studio 2017 is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.2.1 is supported
  • The new extension method Database.IsPostgreSql() in EF Core 2 is implemented
  • The bug with applying config.Workarounds.IgnoreSchemaName=true to the .ToTable() functionality in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bugs with using the GuidToStringConverter, EnumToStringConverter, ValueConverter classes in EF Core 2 are fixed
  • The bug with constructing the LIKE clause in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with generating a subselect within the SELECT list in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with applying an aggregate function to the result of a subselect in EF Core 2 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.11.1278 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • The bug with calculating a time zone in case of "(UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)" is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with throwing "Operation could destabilize the runtime." during materialization of result set, when query includes a cast to the base unmapped class, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new Generate GeneratedCode Attributes option (by default, False) is added to the DbContext template in EF4/EF5/EF6 and the EF Core template
  • The new Generate Dummy Comments option (by default, False) is added to the DbContext template in EF4/EF5/EF6
  • The code formatting is fixed in the DbContext template in EF4/EF5/EF6 and the EF Core template
  • The code generation of DateTime.Now for the DateTime property mapped to The code generation of DateTimeOffset.Now for the DateTimeOffset property mapped to the column with the default value NOW() is supported in EF and EF Core
  • The bug with generating fluent mapping for the TPC inheritance by VB.NET version of DbContext template in EF4/EF5/EF6 is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The PgSqlFunctions.Unaccent method is implemented to provide accent insensitive search
  • The bug with quoting the table alias, that includes an invalid character, in the SQL query generated by EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with generating a subquery within the IN clause in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with generating a subselect within the CASE clause in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with comparing columns, that use a value converter, to parameters and constants in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with loading both Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.EF4.dll and Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.EF5.dll in the process of EF4 application is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.11.1253 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with updating the existing entities that participate in FK associations is fixed in .NET Standard 2 compliant assemblies
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with throwing "Custom tool error: bufferAdapter is not a VsTextDocData" in .NET Standard projects is fixed
  • The bug with adding references to the provider assemblies when creating Entity Framework 5 model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.1.4 is supported
  • The bit-wise functions OR, AND in EF Core are supported
  • The bug with throwing "Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute" by EF Core provider in multithreaded applications is fixed
  • The bug with applying explicit name of FK within CREATE TABLE in EF Code-First Migrations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.11.1229 (Sep 20, 2018)

  • The bug with absent Devart.Data.PostgreSql.NHibernate.NHibernatePgSqlConnection and Devart.Data.PostgreSql.NHibernate.NHibernatePgSqlCommand classes in the .Net Core NuGet package is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with applying LEFT JOIN LATERAL in the generated SQL is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Using an extended property of type OutputInfo is supported
  • Code generated for nullable properties is simplified: now T? is generated instead of System.Nullable<T>
  • An additional constructor that accepts DbContextOptions as an argument is added to the DbContext class descendant in the VB.NET version of the DbContext template for EF Core
  • The bug with "No database provider has been configured for this DbContext." in the DbContext template for EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with code generation for nullable properties for EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.1.3 is supported
  • The bug with throwing an error by context.Database.Migrate(), when the __EFMigrationsHistory table already exists but tables being mapped by model classes are not created yet, in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with a memory leak in EF Core 2, when a connection is set for DbContext as an PgSqlConnection instance, and not via a connection string, is fixed
  • The bug with creating database objects in the same schema by several EF Core contexts in Code-First approach against PostgreSQL 9.0 and earlier is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.11.1216 (Aug 31, 2018)

  • The bug with setting password as clear text in connection string when "Persist Security Info=False;" is fixed
  • The bug with creating and opening the model in .NET Core project after VS 2017 upgrade to v15.8 is fixed (Entity Framework, LinqConnect)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.11.1202 (Aug 10, 2018)

  • The bug with missing comments on schemas, tables and columns when performing a backup with PgSqlDump is fixed
  • The bug with missing IMMUTABLE and STRICT attributes in function declarations when performing a backup with PgSqlDump is fixed
  • The bug with missing OUT attribute in function declarations when performing a backup with PgSqlDump is fixed
  • The bug with missing quotes for column names with upper case characters when performing a backup with PgSqlDump is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with detecting order of columns in composite primary key by Update Model From Database Wizard in EF Core is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The new static method SetDefault is added to the EntitySpatialServices class in EF5/EF6
  • The performance in case of the CROSS APPLY/OUTER APPLY operations is improved: only one database query is sent to the server now instead of many SELECTs with executing part of operations locally
  • The behavior is changed: the default value of config.QueryOptions.UseCSharpNullComparisonBehavior is true now in EF Core
  • The bug with using the RenameIndex operation, when index name exceeds a max length allowed by the server and has to be transformed to a shorter name, in EF Core Code-First Migrations is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect generation of shortened PK/FK/IX/UX names in EF Core when using .NET Standard provider assemblies is fixed
  • The bug with SQL generation for comparing column with parameter in EF Core 2 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.11.1190 (Jul 19, 2018)

  • The IDbColumnSchemaGenerator interface and the PgSqlDataReader.GetColumnSchema() method are implemented in .NET Standard provider assemblies
  • The performance of the SSIS Lookup component is improved due to using one IN clause instead of many OR clauses
  • The bug with throwing the "Socket.IOControl handles Windows-specific control codes and is not supported on this platform." error by .NET Standard compliant assemblies on Linux and MacOS is fixed
  • The bug with reading an array of cursors as an array of strings is fixed
  • The bug with PgSqlScript execution when it includes declarations of blocks, quoted with dollar signs, is fixed
  • The bug with not backing up column length via the PgSqlDump.Backup method is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with paging in EF Core 2.1 is fixed
  • The bug with using the aggregate functions in EF Core 2.1 is fixed
  • The bug with processing arguments of functions mapped via .HasDbFunction in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with applying a filter with implicit EnumToStringConverter via LINQ queries in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with using the String.CompareTo method via LINQ queries in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.11.1172 (Jun 22, 2018)

  • SSH connections are supported
  • SSL is supported in .NET Standard 2.0 provider assemblies
  • The PgSqlDependency class is supported in the .NET Standard 1.3 version of provider assemblies
  • The Unknown value is added to the Severity enum
  • The SeverityMessage property is added to the PgSqlException and PgSqlError classes for returning a severity message
  • The following static properties ServerMessageSeverityError, ServerMessageSeverityFatal, ServerMessageSeverityPanic, ServerMessageSeverityWarning, ServerMessageSeverityNotice, ServerMessageSeverityDebug, ServerMessageSeverityInfo and ServerMessageSeverityLog are added to PgSqlLocalization
  • Entity Developer:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.1 is supported
  • Query type support is added: classes now have the Query Type property, and if it is set to true, this class is generated as a query type
  • Lazy loading for Entity Framework Core 2.1 is supported:
  • Model now has the Use Lazy-Loading Proxies property, which enables lazy loading on the model level
  • Navigation properties now have the Lazy property, which enables lazy loading for a specific navigation property
  • Properties now have the Constructor Parameter property, for configuring a parameterized constructor of the class
  • The "Include Environment Variables" property, determining whether context configuration will be extended with environment variables when a connection string from the appsettings.json file is used, is added to the EF Core template
  • The "Json File Base Path" property, specifying the base path for file-based providers when a connection string from the appsettings.json file is used, is added to the EF Core template
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.1.1 is supported
  • The bug with delimiting statements with Batch Updates in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with applying the updated provider behavior after changing connection string options in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with generating incorrect SQL when using IndexOf expression in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.10.1152 (May 25, 2018)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • A destructor for DataContext is added
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.1.5 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 2.0.3 is supported
  • The generation of the idempotent script in EF Core 2 Code-First Migrations for PostgreSQL 9.0 and higher is supported
  • The DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Database value of the config.DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour option in EF Core 2 is supported
  • The bug with using EnsureSchema in EF Core against PostgreSQL 9.2 and earlier, if schema names should be quoted when the schema exists but the required tables are missing, is fixed
  • The bug with missing Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity namespace in *.Designer.cs generated by EF Core 2 Code-First Migrations via Devart NuGet package is fixed
  • The bug with generating command separators in the EF Core 2 Code-First Migrations script is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.10.1134 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • The bug with opening connection by .NET Standard 2.0 compliant assemblies on Linux is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new Controller Area extended class property is added to EF Core Model (Entity Framework models)
  • The check of conditions for setting optionsBuilder.Use... in the generated OnConfiguring method by the EF Core template is improved (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with retrieving the DateTimeOffset and TimeSpan data in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.10.1115 (Mar 30, 2018)

  • The behavior is changed: the License Key connection string parameter value is not sent to the dbMonitor instance when "Persist Security Info=false;"
  • The bug with reading several resultsets by a DataReader with CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess is fixed
  • The bug with throwing the "IDE not supported" exception by DataSet Manager in Visual Studio 2017 of versions 15.6.* is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The XmlMappingSource.FromResource method is supported in .NET Standard provider assemblies
  • The behavior is changed: all existing overloads of the method DataContext.Query() are replaced with DataContext.Query(String,params Object[])
  • The behavior is changed: the License Key connection string parameter value is not sent to the LinqMonitor instance when "Persist Security Info=false;"
  • The bug with mapping a function that returns REFCURSOR is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new SQL Type, Size, Precision, Scale options are added to the Parameters tab in Method Editor of EF Core Model (Entity Framework models)
  • The process of synchronizing methods and parameters with database stored procedures in EF Core Model is improved (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with adding entry to appsettings.json, when "Use the following connection string from App.Config" and "Rewrite connection string during regeneration" in Model Settings are turned on, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with throwing the "Multiple constructors accepting all given argument types have been found in type '...'. There should only be one applicable constructor." error by the code generated with the MVC Controller template in ASP.NET Core Web Application is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with missing DataMember attribute on the Many end of an association, when using the EF Core template with "Generate Data Contracts=True", is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with the Retrieve Data functionality on the base class of TPH inheritance is fixed
  • The bug with the Find Next functionality of T4 Editor embedded into Visual Studio is fixed
  • The bug with throwing the "IDE not supported" exception by Entity Developer in Visual Studio 2017 of versions 15.6.* is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 2.0.2 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.10.1086 (Feb 15, 2018)

  • The bug with connecting to nonunicode PostgreSQL Servers via .NET Standard provider assemblies is fixed
  • The bug with using PgSqlAlerter in .NET Core projects is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.10.1061 (Jan 12, 2018)

  • SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) 2017 is supported - SSIS projects only
  • The type of the Offset and Length properties of the ScriptProgressEventArgs class is changed from Int32 to Int64
  • The type of the Offset and Length properties of the RestoreProgressEventArgs class is changed from Int32 to Int64
  • The bug with System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException in Mono is fixed
  • The bug with using composite type INOUT parameter is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The ModelNameAsFilesPrefix property is implemented in the RepositoryAndUnitOfWork template
  • Support for ASP.NET Core MVC is added to the MVC Controller template (Entity Framework models)
  • The code generation for async method calls in the EF Core template is improved (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: a base class in TPT Inheritance is allowed to be abstract now (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.1.4 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 2.0.1 is supported
  • The bug with opening connections, when talking to several non-existing databases, in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with ignoring the maxLength, precision, scale property settings by update-database in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using enumerations in EF Core model is fixed
  • The bug with LIKE (.StartsWith/.Contains./EndsWith) is fixed
  • The bug with case-insensitive comparison is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.10.1031 (Nov 24, 2017)

  • The CancelEditRowIfUpdateFailed property, determining whether to call CancelEdit for the row after update of the row is failed when data binding is used, is added to PgSqlDataTable
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The performance of generating complex queries is improved
  • The bug with exceeding a length of duplicated column aliases in the generated SQL is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new "Detect function-based column default value" option is implemented in Model Settings of EF Core model
  • The code generation for async method calls is added to the EF Core template
  • The usage of long identifiers (up to 140 symbols) for naming model objects is supported
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6.2 is supported
  • The SQL generation for subselects, when using Distinct(), in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 is optimized
  • The identity columns in PostgreSQL 10 are supported in Entity Data Model Wizard (classic EF) and in Scaffold-DbContext (EF Core)
  • The config.DatabaseScript.Schema.EnsureSchemaBehaviour option is added for controlling behaviour of the EnsureSchema operation in EF Core
  • The Code-First Migrations functionality in EF Core is improved:
  • the operations InsertData / UpdateData / DeleteData (introduced in EF Core 2), EnsureSchema (creates schema if not exists), DropSchema (removes schema), CreateSequence, AlterSequence, RestartSequence are supported
  • The bug with using UsePostgreSql(DbConnection) extension method of DbContextOptionsBuilder in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using collections in a .Contains() method in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with JOIN conditions in SQL generated from LINQ query in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 is fixed
  • The bug with using multiple .Include() in EF Core 2 is fixed
  • The bug with processing conditions in LINQ queries with joins in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.10.1013 (Oct 30, 2017)

  • .NET Standard 2.0 is supported
  • .NET Standard 2.0 compatible assemblies are added to the Devart.Data and Devart.Data.MySql NuGet packages
  • Distributed transactions are supported
  • The MySqlDataAdapter and MySqlCommandBuilder are implemented
  • The MySqlConnection.GetSchema() and MySqlDataReader.GetSchemaTable() methods for metadata retrieving are implemented
  • The MySqlDataSourceEnumerator class is implemented
  • The MySqlDependency class is implemented
  • The MySqlDump class is implemented
  • Component classes in .NET Standard 2.0 compatible assemblies are inherited from the Component class, and some of them implement the ICloneable and ISupportInitialize interfaces
  • Some of the classes, representing data types, now implement the INullable and ISerializable interfaces
  • .NET Core 2.0 is supported
  • The bug with using TransactionScope when a stored procedure starts its own transaction is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to MySQL):
  • .NET Standard 2.0 is supported
  • .NET Core 2.0 is supported
  • The bug with .Union().Any() is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • .NET Standard 2.0 projects in Visual Studio 2017 are supported
  • .NET Core 2.0 projects in Visual Studio 2017 are supported
  • Entity Framework Core 2.0 is supported
  • The Retrieve Data functionality via Model Explorer for EF Core 2 is implemented
  • The bug with escaping invalid XML characters in the comments generated by templates is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.1.3 is supported
  • Entity Framework Core 2.0 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.9.980 (Sep 7, 2017)

  • The integration with Visual Studio 2017 is improved: the installation is now silent, without VSIX Installer prompt window
  • Entity Developer:
  • The Devart Visual Studio packages registration into Visual Studio 2017 is improved: the packages are now available for all Windows accounts
  • The bug with losing Toolbar and docking customizations of a standalone designer during reinstall is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with using a variable with null value in LINQ query in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.9.958 (Aug 4, 2017)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The new Raw SQL Query class property and SQL method property with the corresponding editors are implemented in Entity Framework Core
  • The bug with generating code for the PropertyChanging event is fixed
  • The bug with applying Custom Tool by Devart Entity Model (*.edml) in VS 2017 .NET Core projects is fixed
  • The bug with quoting default table and column names in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with registering DevartEntityDeploy on the workstation with just Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 installed is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with using Contains() in multiple LINQ queries in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with comparison and binary operations in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.9.946 (Jul 13, 2017)

  • The bug with not backing up schemas without tables via the PgSqlDump.Backup method is fixed
  • The bug with not adding "WITH OIDS;" for tables that have this clause when performing their backup with PgSqlDump is fixed
  • The bug with backing up a function, containing single quotes in its body, with language=sql is fixed
  • The bug with adding a schema of the current table for the reference table in a FOREIGN KEY constraint definition in a backup is fixed
  • Entity Developer
  • The behaviour is changed: IsRequired(false / true) for navigation properties is always generated in EF Core fluent mapping now
  • The bug with throwing "Can't load provider assembly." by EF6 model in a standalone Entity Developer is fixed
  • The bug with serializing user defined extended properties for associations is fixed
  • The bug with a Devart provider not found in Entity Developer as a standalone application when the provider is installed without placing Devart assemblies to the GAC is fixed
  • Entity Framework support
  • The bug with ignoring some string columns, which include too big MaxLength value, by EDM Wizard is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.9.931 (Jun 23, 2017)

  • The compatibility with Visual Studio 2017 Updates is improved
  • The bug with using the 'Do not install assemblies in the GAC' install wizard functionality for Visual Studio 2017 is fixed
  • The bug with applying the License Key connection string parameter (concerns .NET Standard 1.3 compliant assemblies only) on Linux is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug related to the conflict of Entity Developer with dbForge SQL Complete is fixed
  • The bug with generating .NET Core code by EF Core and LinqConnect templates for the "Use the following connection string from App.config" option in Model Settings is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with mapping citext data type via Scaffold-DbContext in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.9.912 (May 25, 2017)

  • .NET Core is supported
  • The NuGet packages with .NET Standard 1.3 (.NET Core) compliant assemblies are uploaded to www.nuget.org
  • The ProcessId property is added to PgSqlAlerterAlertEventArgs
  • The behaviour is changed: now a new GUID is generated for the MachineKeys container name when loading the application
  • The behaviour is changed: now the MachineKeys container is immediately removed after establishing a connection to the server, instead of waiting for the end of the process execution
  • The bug with previewing a DataSet is fixed
  • Entity Developer
  • The .NET Core projects in Visual Studio 2017 are supported
  • The Snake case in both Model and Database naming rules is supported via the new "Add underscore" option
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to Oracle)
  • The bug with running LINQ queries, which invoke .NET methods on client side during materialization of result set, is fixed
  • The bug with materializing scalar value collection when converting values on the client side is fixed
  • Entity Framework support
  • Entity Framework Core 1.1.2 is supported
  • The support of EF Core models with string columns, which are defined without length limit and participate in PKs, FKs, indices, is improved
  • The possibility to use command interception for EF6 commands executed within batch updates is implemented
  • The compatibility with ASP.NET Core Identity is improved
  • The bug with using config.CodeFirstOptions.TruncateLongDefaultNames in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using the ForPostgreSqlHasColumnName and ForPostgreSqlHasColumnType modelBuilder methods with the value-type properties in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with renaming index via EF Code-First Migrations is fixed
  • The bug with paging in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with renaming index via EF Code-First Migrations is fixed
  • The bug with paging in subselect within EXISTS generated for Oracle 12c using EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.8.862 (Mar 22, 2017)

  • Visual Studio 2017 is supported
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with generating the virtual keyword when Inheritance Modifier=None is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The HSTORE data type is supported
  • The CITEXT data type is supported
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.1.1 is supported
  • The bug with using table-valued functions with JOINs in LINQ to Entities queries is fixed
  • The bug with generating sequence for the newly added identity property by EF6 Code-First Migrations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.7.852 (Mar 2, 2017)

  • Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate 4 is supported
  • The bug with using alternative quoting in CommandText is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with throwing the "Stack empty" error after stopping validation before code generation in a standalone version is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with a workability of the "Validate on Build" option in Model Settings is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with compilation of the EF Core template after copying it to model folder is fixed (EF Core models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The translation of collection's Contains method in LINQ query to SQL statement in EF Core is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.7.837 (Feb 9, 2017)

  • Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate 3 is supported
  • PostgreSQL 9.6 is supported
  • The "SSL TLS Protocol" connection string parameter is added to PgSqlConnection for specifying the preferred TLS version that will be send to the server
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • The bug with using DataLoadOptions.LoadWith is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.7.832 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • The "Force IPv4" connection string parameter is added to PgSqlConnection for specifying whether to use only the IPv4 network protocol
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The AddUniqueConstraintOperation and DropUniqueConstraintOperation operations are supported in EF Core Code-First Migrations
  • The bug with creating a predefined Migrations History table in EF Core, when config.Workarounds.DisableQuoting = true, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.7.819 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with grouping by constant expression in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 when using DevExpress.XtraGrid.GridControl is fixed
  • The bug with creating indices by EF Core Code-First migrations is fixed
  • The bug with using DropPrimaryKey in Code-First Migrations, when config.Workarounds.DisableQuoting = ta
  • Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate is supported
  • The Info property, which contains info from the second parameter of NOTIFY command, is added to PgSqlAlerterAlertEventArgs
  • The Error event is added to the PgSqlDependency class
  • The PgSqlLine struct and PgSqlDataReader.GetPgSqlLine() method are implemented for PostgreSQL server 9.4 and higher
  • The bug with not creating Constraints and Primary Keys collections for PgSqlDataTable with a query that contains a subquery is fixed
  • The bug with backing up values of PostGIS datatypes via the PgSqlDump class is fixed
  • The bug with returning a text of the actual error for INSERT queries in the "FetchAll=False" mode is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with detecting auto generated columns by Create Model Wizard and Update Model From Database Wizard is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with comparing non-nullable properties in LINQ query when config.QueryOptions.UseCSharpNullComparisonBehavior=true is fixed
  • The bug with using AddForeignKeyOperation and DropForeignKeyOperation in EF Core Code-First Migrations is fixed
  • The bug with throwing the "Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object" error with Batch Updates in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6, if the previous SaveChanges() failed, is fixed
  • rue, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.7.804 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with grouping by constant expression in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 when using DevExpress.XtraGrid.GridControl is fixed
  • The bug with creating indices by EF Core Code-First migrations is fixed
  • The bug with using DropPrimaryKey in Code-First Migrations, when config.Workarounds.DisableQuoting = true, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.7.794 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • The 'Do not install assemblies in the GAC' check box that allows disabling placing the provider assemblies to the GAC is added to the Install Wizard
  • The bug with backing up PostGIS datatypes via the PgSqlDump class as varchar is fixed
  • The bug with generating an error when using PgSqlMonitor on Linux is fixed
  • The bug with not using parameters value in ParentRelation data in PgSqlDataTable.SelectCommand is fixed
  • The bug with retrieving incorrect DateTimeOffset when UnpreparedExecute is set to true is fixed
  • The bug with creating columns for a child table in a master-detail relation when a select command in the child table ends with a semicolon is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The exception message for invoking CreateDatabase() for the model which includes an association with missing end is improved
  • Entity Developer:
  • The possibility to choose whether to add new entities to a diagram or not in Update From Database Wizard is implemented
  • The behaviour is changed: now the DbContext template generates an additional partial class for the context class when "File Per Class" and "Generate Partial Class" are set to True (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.1.0 is supported
  • The Scaffold-DbContext NuGet command of Package Manager Console for generating a model basing on the existing database schema is supported in EF Core
  • Batch Updates support in EF Core is added
  • The PgSqlJsonFunctions and PgSqlJsonbFunctions classes are implemented in EF4/EF5/EF6 to use JSON/JSONB functions and operators in LINQ to Entities queries
  • Signed versions of NetTopologySuite GIS library are supported in EF5/EF6
  • NetTopologySuite 1.14 is supported in EF5/EF6
  • GeoAPI 1.7.4 is supported in EF5/EF6
  • The NetTopologySuiteSigned and NetTopologySuiteUnsigned members are added to the SpatialServiceType enum in EF5/EF6
  • The config.DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour option is supported in EF Core
  • The behaviour is changed: the functionality of SpatialServiceType.NetTopologySuiteSigned is moved to Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.EF5.dll / Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.EF6.dll
  • The behaviour is changed: the SQL statement CREATE/DROP SCHEMA is generated with the IF NOT EXISTS/IF EXISTS clause now
  • The bug with shortening PK, FK, IX, UX names in the Code-First CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseScript functionality when config.CodeFirstOptions.TruncateLongDefaultNames=True is fixed
  • The bug with comparison in LINQ query when config.QueryOptions.UseCSharpNullComparisonBehavior=true is fixed
  • The bugs with logical expressions in EF Core are fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.763 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • The bug with throwing NRE in PgSqDataTable descendants when removing the insert command is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with materializing object, which includes the DbGeometry or DbGeography properties, when executing SQL query via DbContext.Database.SqlQuery<> in EF5 and EF6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.753 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • The bug with throwing NRE when columns in PgSqlDataTable are recreated is fixed
  • The bug with old columns left in a PgSqDataTable descendant when recreating columns is fixed
  • The bug with SSL connection freeze when it is closing in a multithreaded application is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with reading columns of the base type in TPT inheritance via .OfType() of LINQ query
  • The bug with loading objects via association which targets to the base class of an inheritance with the materialized child class is fixed
  • The bug with throwing "Sequence contains more than one element" when reading objects of TPT hierarchy is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The generation of static methods by the EntityObject template is supported via the new property Direct Call of EntityMethod (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with retrieving metadata from PostgreSQL server with the intarray extension installed is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with comparing bool class property with some value in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.743 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • The bug with disabled DataTable editor in a first descendant of the PgSqlDataTable class is fixed
  • The bug with closing the PgSqlDataTable editor without an error message is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with moving mapping from abstract base class to child classes of TPH inheritance in the fluent mapping generated by the DbContext template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • The bug with materialization in the multithreaded application is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.0.1 is supported
  • The config.DatabaseScript.Schema.Extensions configuration option is added to specify the extensions to create with DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Database via the Code-First approach
  • The new optional parameter Action<PgSqlDbContextOptionsBuilder> is added to UsePostgreSql() extension method of DbContextOptionsBuilder in EF Core
  • The bug with processing IN expressions in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with retrieving objects of TPH hierarchy in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.729 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • The "Join Statement Notices" connection string parameter, which determines whether all the notices, raised during the statement execution, will be returned together in one InfoMessage event after the statement execution, or each notice will be returned in a separate InfoMessage event, is added
  • The bug with failure of the public schema creation in a script created by the PgSqlDump.Backup method is fixed
  • The bug with processing errors in the "FetchAll=True" mode is fixed
  • The bug with not quoting of user variables during their dragging and dropping in a Devart PostgreSql Source component is fixed
  • The bug with data preview in the PgSqlDataTable designer when the command text was changed is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The DatabaseFacade.GetPgSqlConnection() extension method, which returns PgSqlConnection, is implemented in EF Core
  • The bug with using the DatabaseFacade.UseTransaction() method in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with nullable parameters in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException when using TPH inheritance in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with not throwing concurrency check exception on invoking DbContext.SaveChangesAsync() is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.714 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with setting value of the Value Generated property attribute in the EF Core model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with executing the UsePostgreSql(DbConnection connection) extension method of DbContextOptionsBuilder in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using the DbContext(DbConnection connection) overload in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using EF Core logging is fixed
  • The bug with using enum values in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with throwing DbUpdateConcurrencyException in EF Core is fixed
  • The bug with using comparisons in LINQ queries in EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.699 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • The bug with inserting the "/"" value to a column of the JSON type via a parameter is fixed
  • The bug with returning a text of the actual error in the "FetchAll=False" mode is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • PgSqlCSharpMigrationCodeGenerator and PgSqlVisualBasicMigrationCodeGenerator for code-based migrations are implemented for EF4, EF5, EF6
  • The CurrentDateTimeOffset and CreateDateTimeOffset canonical functions are implemented
  • The PgSqlAddColumnConfiguration class for customization of the AddColumn operation in EF4, EF5, EF6 Code-First Migrations is implemented
  • The PgSqlColumnAnnotations class for customization of creating columns in the CreateTable operation in EF6 Code-First Migrations is implemented
  • The bug with convertation of enum values in parameters when using EF Core is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.687 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • Entity Developer:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.0 RTM is supported
  • The possibility to set values of stored procedure parameters for getting metadata to generate automatically the corresponding complex type is implemented
  • The behaviour is changed: the ObservableCollection navigation properties are initialized now in a default class constructor (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core 1.0 RTM is supported
  • The bug with using the CreateDateTime and CreateTime canonical functions with expressions (not constants) as arguments is fixed
  • The bug with cast of parameters in the CASE expressions is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.677 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • The bug with not adding records to the RSPreviewPolicy.config and RSReportDesigner.config files for correct work in Reporting Services(SSRS) projects is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The PgSqlConventionSetBuilder class is implemented in the Entity Framework Core support

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.6.667 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI) project templates for Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and Integration Services (mapping wizards) in Visual Studio 2015 are supported
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is supported in SSIS DataFlow components
  • The bug with signing assemblies in Mobile Edition is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with setting string parameter data types in SQL statements generated basing on the Contains LINQ operator is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The config.DatabaseScript.Table.Tablespace configuration option is added to specify the tablespace for tables created via the Code-First approach
  • The bug with ignoring table schema by the DropIndex operation in Code-First Migrations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.5.658 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Entity Developer:
  • Entity Framework Core support is added
  • The DbProviderFactory provider registration in application's *.config is supported by the Entity Developer version integrated into Visual Studio
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework Core RC2 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.5.649 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Compatible with other dotConnect providers

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.5.644 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • The new RestoreProgress event is added to the PgSqlDump class
  • The bug when a valid command fails after an error in the previous command in case "Default FetchAll=false" is fixed
  • The bug with inserting data into a JSON column is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Upgrade Wizard is improved for upgrading projects with the Entity Framework functionality

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.5.639 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • The Run Once Command connection string parameter, which specifies a command to execute when the connection is opened the first time and not executed when the connection is taken from the pool, is added
  • The new LoadTable overloads for loading data from a IDataReader, array of rows, or only rows with a specific RowState from a DataTable are added to the PgSqlLoader class
  • Truncate member that represents the TRUNCATE TABLE statement is added to the SqlStatementType enum
  • The bug with the inserting incorrect values via parameters with the PgSqlType.Interval type when UnpreparedExecute is set to true is fixed
  • The bug with millisecond output when calling the ToString method of the PgSqlInterval class is fixed
  • The bug with executing query in PgSQLScript containing function declarations is fixed
  • The bug with availability of the materialized views in DataSet Wizard is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with quotation of default values for the timestamp columns in the Generate Database Script / Update Database From Model functionality is fixed (LinqConnect)
  • The bug with generating the "timestamp with time zone" columns in the Generate Database Script / Update Database From Model functionality is fixed
  • Entity Framework:
  • Entity Framework Core RC1 is supported
  • Entity Framework-related assemblies are renamed
  • The config.QueryOptions.OrderByNullBehavior option is added to specify whether to add NULLS FIRST or NULLS LAST to the ORDER BY clause

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.407 (May 11, 2015)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The JSONB data type is supported
  • The bug related to not submitting new records, when EntityRef of the corresponding entity class is set to null, is fixed
  • The bug related to re-materialization of objects of the same type when performing methods that are mapped to different stored procedures is fixed
  • The bug with loading metadata and query performing when ITable is used instead of Table is fixed
  • The bug with the materialization of UInt32 values greater than Int32.MaxValue is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.397 (May 11, 2015)

  • The behaviour is changed: now "DROP IF EXISTS" statements will be added to backup script for PostgreSQL server 8.2 and higher when PgSqlDump.IncludeDrop is used
  • The behaviour is changed: now the "SET AUTOCOMMIT = TRUE" command is not executed any more when a connection to a PostgreSQL server 7.4 or higher is opened
  • The behaviour is changed: now the statement for deleting defaults for columns before dropping a table with these columns is removed
  • The bug with quotes or parenthesis characters in a composite type is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the odd ESCAPE character in a generated SQL query after LIKE condition is fixed
  • The bug related to re-materialization of objects of the same type when performing various SQL-queries via ExecuteQuery() method in multi-threading applications is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The support of ID generators for primary keys in the Fluent Mapping template is added (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with generating columns in subqueries of a complex LINQ to Entities query containing limit expressions is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.389 (May 11, 2015)

  • The 'IgnoreUnnamedParameters' connection string parameter that disables unnamed parameters in queries, executed via the connection, is added
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with ignoring the "Delete Cascaded" property of the association when performing the Update Database From Model and Update Model From Database wizards is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.379 (Apr 7, 2015)

  • Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI) project templates for Analysis Services and Integration Services in Visual Studio 2013 are supported
  • SSIS DataFlow Source and Destination components are supported in SSDT-BI for Visual Studio 2013
  • The bug with reading and writing of string arrays with elements containing escape characters is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The dependency on the System.Windows.Forms.dll assembly is removed
  • The bug related to the wrong SQL generation (setting value for primary key column in UPDATE statement) when using the Attach(TEntity, asModified) method is fixed
  • The bug related the CompiledQueryCache locking issue is fixed
  • The bug related to long default names of identifiers (for example, indexes, primary keys, foreign keys) when using CreateDatabase() method is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behaviour is changed: now the default values are not set for string properties, that correspond to fields with the default values like expressions (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with missing settings for the LazyLoadingEnabled property in the generated code when working with the Self-Tracking Entity template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to working with the Table Per Type (TPT) and abstract entity classes when synchronization is enabled is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The JSONB data type is supported
  • The bug with reading the second and consequent result sets, returned by stored procedure, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.359 (Mar 9, 2015)

  • The bug with using System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ExtensionAttribute in Devart.Data.Synchronization.dll for the projects with 3.5 and higher versions of .NET Framework is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.352 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • The bug with the PgSqlCommandBuilder.DeriveParameters method, when more than one schema is set in a connection string and the corresponding schema name is not used in command text, is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the "Cannot convert the value to GUID: System.Byte[]" error when working with eager loading and GUIDs is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with the wrong code generation for Table Per Concrete Type (TPC) hierarchy when DbContext template is used with Fluent Mapping=True and Mapping Generation Strategy=UseConfigurationClasses (or UseOnModelCreatingMethod) options is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.344 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with "Trial period expired" is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.342 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • The bug in Sync Framework support with synchronization scopes, having a filter based on a template, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with generating code by the MVC Controller template for multiple self-associations is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.333 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • The bug with throwing System.InvalidOperationException by connection pooling in multithreaded applications under high loads is fixed
  • The bug with the PgSqlDataReader.GetPgSqlArray method in a multithreaded application is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with generating connection string supplied to constructor in case of placing the model in a subfolder of the project is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.313 (Dec 20, 2014)

  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with SQL generation for AddYears, AddMonths, AddDays, AddHours, AddMinutes, AddSeconds, AddMilliseconds, AddMicroseconds, AddNanoseconds canonical functions is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Type 'serial' doesn't exist" error while performing the ALTER TABLE statement via Code-First migrations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.303 (Dec 20, 2014)

  • The behaviour is changed: UTC_TIMESTAMP() is used now in WF Services scripts for the DATETIME columns
  • The bugs with using Workflow Foundation when UnpreparedExecute is set to true, are fixed
  • The bug related to the "The UTC Offset of the local dateTime parameter does not match the offset argument" error when working with the Pacific Time Zone (US & Canada, UTC-08:00) is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to memory leak errors when working with the disabled compiled query cache is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with the incorrect code generation, when the "Enable WinForms Data Binding" property of the DbContext template (Visual Basic) is set to True, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with missing attributes for the enum members when generating code with the DbContext template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug related to working with the customized Migration History table and Entity Framework 6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.293 (Nov 22, 2014)

  • ADO.NET implementation of ASP.NET Identity 2.0 support is improved
  • The new IQueryableUserStore interface is implemented in the UserStore class
  • The new IQueryableRoleStore interface is implemented in the RoleStore class
  • The enableExpiredSessionAutoDeletion and expiredSessionAutoDeletionInterval options for deleting expired sessions are added to the session-state store provider definition in the web.config file
  • The behaviour is changed: the PgSqlMonitor now hides information about the password connection string parameter
  • The bug with fetching not all rows for a table with a JSON column and FetchAll=false property is fixed
  • The bug with precision loss when working with PgSqlType.Numeric via the protocol 3 is fixed
  • The bug with the value of the connection State property not reflecting the actual connection state after a connection loss is fixed
  • The bug with the conflict between versions of Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Web.dll assembly for ASP.NET 2 and ASP.NET 4 is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug related to script generation by the "Generate Database Script" wizard with the "Include Drop" option is fixed
  • The bug related to resetting enum arguments of custom attributes in the standalone version is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect execution of the "Create Storage and Mapping" command for an association is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.283 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • The new \Web\ASP.NET 45\Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Web.dll assembly (its revision number is 5) is added to the provider installation folder to support SimpleMembership in MVC5
  • The bug with returning NULL by PgSqlRowType.GetRowType method for types with large OID is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with reading all constructor parameters for attributes when opening model is fixed
  • The bug with reading Default Value of database fields with explicit cast is fixed
  • The bug related to disappearance of the foreign key property when performing "Create Storage and Mapping" from the context menu of the association is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to the "'End Class' must be preceded by a matching 'Class'" error when adding stored procedure to the model and using DbContext template in Visual Basic projects is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.274 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • The error message caused by exceeding the number of connections, specified in the "CONNECTION LIMIT" database parameter, is improved
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The config.SpatialOptions.PrecisionModel configuration option is added to specify the NetTopologySuite precision model scale factors
  • The bug with assigning -1 (instead of null) to SRID of the DbGeometry object is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.264 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • The Enterprise Library 6 support is added; all previous versions of Enterprise Library are no longer maintained
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with throwing "Unexpected server type 'a'" error when using DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Database in the Code-First functionality is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.254 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • The possibility to quote schemas names in connection string is added
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behaviour is changed: Generate Database Script From Model saves the output in ASCII format if there are no unicode symbols in the script; UTF-8 is used otherwise
  • The behaviour is changed: now the default value for the 'File Per Class' option of the DbContext template is True (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with model creation when using multiple naming rules (suffixes, prefixes) is fixed
  • The bug with generating .HasPrecision for decimal types when using non-attribute fluent mapping (DbContext template) is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The behaviour is changed: the DEFAULT value is generated now for the columns in the database which correspond to System.Guid identity properties in the Code-First/Code-First Migrations functionality

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.244 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • The bug related to the "The type initializer for 'Devart.Data.PostgreSql.PgSqlConnectionStringBuilder' threw an exception" error is fixed
  • The bug in executing queries, consisting of multiple select statements, when protocol 2.0 or UnpreparedExecute is used, is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with generating IS NULL/IS NOT NULL in SQL statement for LINQ expressions which represent string concatenation is fixed
  • The bug with generating CAST for parameters in SQL statements IS NULL/IS NOT NULL is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection" error when working with PgSqlFunctions.Like(value, pattern) method is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.239 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • The 'Keep Alive' parameter, that enables sending TCP keep-alive packets and specifies the interval at which they are sent, is added to the connection string
  • The bug with invalid script when table has only primary key columns for Sync Framework support is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the NullReferenceException on SubmitChanges, when working with association between classes involved in complex TPT hierarchy, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The Remove Invalid Characters option (by default, True) is added to the Model Naming rules; if it is set to False, all invalid characters will be replaced with underscores
  • The Enable WinForms Data Binding property of the DbContext template is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The Property Change Partial Methods property of the DbContext template is implemented for generating partial methods On%PropertyName%Changing and On%PropertyName%Changed for each primitive property of entity classes (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: now partial configuration classes are generated when DbContext template is used with Fluent Mapping=True and Mapping Generation Strategy=UseConfigurationClasses options (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with the wrong code generation for associations when DbContext template is used with Fluent Mapping=True and Mapping Generation Strategy=UseAttributes options is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating DatabaseGeneratedAttribute for non-EntityKey properties when using attribute mapping (DbContext template) is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating DatabaseGeneratedAttribute for all EntityKey properties when using fluent mapping (DbContext template) is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to the "An error occurred during an attempt to compile the template 'LinqConnect'." error in Windows Store applications is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The generation of LEFT JOIN LATERAL and CROSS JOIN LATERAL is supported for PostgreSQL 9.3
  • The bug related to working with NULL values and the DateTimeOffset data type is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.225 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The possibility to use relative paths to assemblies in code generation templates is implemented
  • The Implement Equals property is added to the DbContext, ObjectContext, and POCO Entity templates (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to detecting nullable foreign key as non-nullable is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.215 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • The bug with throwing "Unspecified error" by Migration Wizard when working with Windows Store (WinRT), XNA, Windows Phone, and Silverlight projects is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with a format of generated DataAnnotations.RegularExpression for Numeric validate format is fixed
  • The bug related to incorrect detection of the default values with the cast operators is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with displaying Entity Set in the Class Editor dialog is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with applying changes after editing the list of the extended properties via the Model Settings dialog is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with adding references to both EntityFramework.dll and System.Data.Entity.dll assemblies simultaneously by Create Model Wizard, when Entity Framework version is set to Entity Framework 6 in the wizard, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with generating DDL for creating TPH tables, when the value of discriminator is not set, in the Code-First/Code-First Migrations functionality is fixed
  • The bug with applying DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity for non-EntityKey integer properties in the Code-First/Code-First Migrations functionality is fixed
  • The bug with applying custom HistoryContext settings is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.201 (Jul 11, 2014)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with the missing "ASP.NET Dynamic Data LinqConnect Web Application" project template in Visual Studio 2013 is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The View Generation option of the model with Entity Framework version = Entity Framework 6 is supported for the DbContext (only with XML mapping), EntityObject, POCO, and Self-Tracking Entities templates (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with "DevartEntityDeploy" task, when .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.5 are not installed on the target workstation, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with creating extra schema in the database when config.DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour = DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Database is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.191 (Jul 11, 2014)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the memory leak issue when working with EntityCachingMode = StrongReference is fixed
  • The bug related to the NullReferenceException when performing queries and working with EntityCachingMode = StrongReference is fixed
  • The bug related to the "There is no tables to process" error when using the CreateDatabase() method with the DataContext object, that is based on the empty model, is fixed
  • The bug related to the error when creating XmlMappingSource via the FromReader() method is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with storing custom settings in stored procedure mapping is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with ordering properties in the .HasKey configuration mapping in case of composite primary key is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The behaviuor is changed: the SQL generation is changed from "CAST(ColumnName AS varchar)" to "CAST(ColumnName AS text)" when comparing values of the columns with the JSON data types
  • The bug related to the "operator does not exist: json ~~ text" error when working with the JSON data types in UNION queries is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.181 (Jun 18, 2014)

  • ADO.NET implementation of ASP.NET Identity 2.0 support is improved:
  • The new IUserStore, IUserClaimStore, IUserLoginStore, IUserPasswordStore, IUserRoleStore, IUserEmailStore, IUserPhoneNumberStore interfaces are implemented in the PgSqlUserStore and PgSqlUserStore classes
  • The new IRoleStore interface is supported in the PgSqlRoleStore and PgSqlRoleStore classes
  • The functions with return type TABLE are added to the list of the functions in the DataSet wizard as a data source
  • The bug with mapping smallint data type in SSIS Import Export Wizard is fixed
  • The bug with quoting the tables names in the DbSyncScopeDescription.Tables collection returned by the PgSqlSyncDescriptionBuilder.GetDescriptionForScope method is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to using properties of the enum data type (Byte, SByte), that are used in the complex entity key, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with resetting value of the extended properties for associations after reopening the model is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException when disposing an ObjectResult is fixed
  • The bug with performing "Generate Database from Model" wizard when working with Entity Framework 6.1.0 Tools for Visual Studio 2012/Visual Studio 2013 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.171 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • The bug with deserialization of a license resource in ASP.NET applications, running with medium or high trust level is fixed
  • The bug with a function that returns table in TableAdapter, which is created in the Dataset Designer is fixed
  • The bug with parameters order for functions when creating DataSet is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to using properties of the enum data type, that are used in the complex entity key, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug related to the opening of the *.edmx files is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to adding new entity properties with the spatial data type when using Model First approach is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug related to the inserts (for Identity columns) and updates (for Computed columns) when working with unquoted columns and when config.Workarounds.DisableQuoting is set to True is fixed
  • The bug related to the Null Reference Exception when loading related entities with the spatial data type is fixed
  • The bug with determining the type of local variable used in LINQ query is fixed
  • The bug with throwing the "Unexpected query batch command" exception when using the Batch Updates functionality is fixed
  • The bug with generating extra condition for limiting subselect by one record in generated subqueries with grouping is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.161 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • PgSqlUtils class is added:
  • The PgSqlScript.Cancel() method is added to stop query execution
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to reading values of the string properties, that are database generated, when performing SubmitChanges() is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug related to performing queries via Query Editor/Retrieve Data when working with the 'Enterprise Library' validation framework is fixed
  • The bug related to the storage and mapping regeneration via the "Update Database from Model" wizard, or via the "Regenerate Storage and Mapping" option of the diagram shortcut menu, when changing one DBMS to another, is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The behaviour is changed: now a semicolon (;) after the very last statement is generated in the Code-First CreateDatabaseScript() functionality
  • The behaviour is changed: the constraint name is ignored if a table primary key is deleted when running Code-First Migrations, that allows successful removing of automatically named primary key in PostgreSQL 9 or higher
  • The bug with adding a primary key to the existing table when using Code-First Migrations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.146 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • The ADO.NET implementation of ASP.NET Identity 2.0 support is added:
  • The new \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Web.Identity.dll assembly (its revision number is 2) is added to the provider installation folder
  • The new \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Install_identity_tables.sql and \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Uninstall_identity_tables.sql files are added to the provider installation folder
  • The new \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Upgrade_identity_tables_from_v1_to_v2.sql file is added to the provider installation folder
  • The new IUserEmailStore, IUserPhoneNumberStore, IUserTwoFactorStore, IUserLockoutStore interfaces are implemented in the UserStore class
  • The bug with mapping the numeric database type in the Devart PostgreSql Source component in SSIS application is fixed
  • The bug with mapping the numeric database type in SSIS application is fixed
  • The bug with 'Load Test Editor' is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to wrong order of the insert/delete operations on SubmitChanges when the autogenerated primary keys are used is fixed
  • The bug related to the incorrect script generation for column names (lower case) when working with the CreateDatabase()/DeleteDatabase() methods is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behaviour is changed: now a property in the generated code is initialized basing on the default value in CSDL only (instead of default values in any of SSDL and CSDL; Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to the incorrect value setting for the "Has Stream" property when working with the WCF Data Services projects is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The database server version is added to the generated Code-First Migrations script
  • The bug with the explicitly named primary keys in Code-First Migrations, when the primary key is defined via the PrimaryKey() method of the CreateTable() operation, is fixed
  • The bug with generating SQL for EntitySQL ANYELEMENT is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.135 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • The ADO.NET implementation of ASP.NET Identity support is improved:
  • The ICloneable interface is implemented in the IdentityUser and IdentityRole classes
  • The User_Id column in the AspNetUserClaims table is renamed to UserId
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The UpdateDatabaseOperation operation in Code-First Migrations for Entity Framework 6.x is supported
  • The RenameIndexOperation operation in Code-First Migrations for Entity Framework 6.1 is supported
  • Multiple EntityContainers in the Code-First CreateDatabase()/CreateDatabaseScript()/DeleteDatabase() functionality are supported
  • The Database.Delete(DbConnection) functionality is supported: all objects in the current schema (specified in Schema or set with Initialization Command connection string parameter) are removed if DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour = AllSchemaObjects
  • The Database.Exists(DbConnection) functionality is supported: the method returns true if DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour = AllSchemaObjects and at least one table exists in the current schema (specified in Schema or set with Initialization Command connection string parameter)
  • Determining correct datatypes of data retrieved by EntitySQL queries with UNION ALL and similar constructions is improved
  • The compatibility with Hibernating Rhinos EntityFramework Profiler is improved
  • The bug with throwing System.NullReferenceException when enumerating an ObjectResult returned by a stored procedure is fixed
  • The bug related to the "failed to find conversion function from unknown to text" error when performing queries with multiple 'Include()'s is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.125 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • The behaviour is changed: the instance_id field of the wf_activity_info table in Workflow Tracking implementation is of varchar(100) type now
  • The bug with parsing private key in the PKCS#8 format is fixed
  • The bug with 'SSL Mode' parameter value not passed to a PgSqlAlerter object connection is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The JSON data type is supported
  • The bug related to the incorrect detection of class type when working with the TPH inheritances and discriminators of the String/Decimal type is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The override modifier for DbSet class properties generated by DbContext templates is added (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with setting nullable type for EnumType property by the Data Transfer Object template is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6.1.0 RTM is supported
  • Entity Framework 6.1.0 Tools for Visual Studio 2012 & 2013 are supported
  • The use of the JSON data type in string canonical functions and comparison operators (equality and inequality) is supported
  • The releasing of memory, which was allocated for commands and readers of ObjectContext / DbContext, is improved
  • The bug related to the "UNION types json and character varying cannot be matched" error is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.3.115 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • The ADO.NET implementation of ASP.NET Identity support is added
  • The message of the exception, when an attempt to rollback a closed transaction is made, is improved
  • The behaviour is changed: if PgSqlTransaction has been already assigned to the PgSqlConnection object, all subsequent calls of the BeginTransaction method on the same PgSqlConnection object will return an existing PgSqlTransaction instance
  • The bug with using non-default schema when creating the provisioning objects for Sync Framework support is fixed
  • The bug with loading workflows with content based correlation handle, once they have unloaded to the database, in response to a WCF message is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The CommandTimeout property is added to the DataProvider class
  • The bug related to the invalid generation of the foreign keys DDL for many-to-many associations when using CreateDatabase method is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Cannot use "timestamp(6)" type value in "DateTimeOffset" type argument" error is fixed
  • The bug with the query cache when performing several queries, having nullable parameters, sequentially is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The information message about availability of NuGet Package Manager on the workstation is added in the Entity Developer version integrated into Visual Studio (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: now paths to assemblies with attributes (Model Settings -> Model -> Attributes) are saved and used as relative paths
  • The bug with invalid code generation when different namespaces for context and entity classes are used in the VB.NET projects is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with generating the entities namespace in fluent mapping configuration classes is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating DatabaseGeneratedOption.Computed for non-EntityKey properties in fluent mapping is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • SharpMap 1.1 is supported
  • NTS Topology Suite 1.13.2 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.2.103 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • The bug with executing anonymous code blocks in PgSqlScript is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • More information messages, when validating EF6 models basing on the EntityFramework.dll functionality, are added (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with using Create Model Wizard for EF6 models is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.2.100 (Jun 7, 2014)

  • The bug related to the "Unexpected server response" error when working with Pooling=True is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The behaviour is changed: now the script is generated with "ON DELETE NO ACTION" when using the CreateDatabase() method and the "Delete Rule" for the association is set to "NO ACTION"
  • The behaviour is changed: now the CreateDatabase() method uses the same algorithm for naming foreign keys as in Entity Developer
  • The behaviour is changed: now the cascade deletion of tables in DeleteDatabase() method is performed via the "DROP TABLE CASCADE" statement
  • The bug with the compiled query cache when working with the DbLinqDataSource component when navigating through the pages of the DataGrid control is fixed
  • The bug with the wrong SQL query generation for Contains(), StartsWith(), EndsWith() methods when the string pattern includes '[' or '^' symbols is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The "WCF DataMember Attribute on Navigation Properties" property is added to the Data Transfer Object template for pointing the end (-s) where the attribute should be generated (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: the validation of EF6 models depends on the EntityFramework.dll functionality only (.NET Framework 4.5 is not required any more) (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to the "Version string portion was too short or too long" error is fixed
  • The bug with dropping the UpdateCheck property value from Always to Never when re-opening the model is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with parsing inheritances in *.edmx is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The JSON data type is supported
  • The bug with creating association basing on composite foreign key, when the column order in the corresponding primary key is different, is fixed in Entity Data Model Wizard/LightSwitch/Entity Framework 6 Tools for PostgreSQL servers of 8.2 and higher versions
  • The bug with "Update Model From Database" wizard in Entity Framework 6 Tools for Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.2.90 (Feb 1, 2014)

  • The behavior is changed: IndexOutOfRangeException is generated now instead of InvalidOperationException when PgSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal(String name) finds nothing in the result set
  • The bug with rolling back changes when using TransactionScope is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with handling complex types of the entity properties in the ServerDataTypeConvention class when working with fluent mapping is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception on CreateDatabase() method when working with associations and fluent mapping is fixed
  • The bug with performing updates and deletes, when concurrency check is used for not-primary key columns, and the commands are combined to run in batches, is fixed
  • The bug related to re-materialization of objects of the same type when performing various SQL-queries via ExecuteQuery() method is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with retrieving metadata when connecting to PostgreSQL server 8.0 is fixed
  • The bug with creating association basing on composite foreign key, when the column order in the corresponding primary key is different, is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with generating IndexOutOfRangeException by the ObjectContext.ExecuteStoreQuery method when the result set of the SQL query does not include any mapped column of the entity being materialized is fixed
  • The bug with removing foreign keys in Code-First functionality is fixed
  • The bug with generating SQL statement for the class with a single Identity property is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.2.80 (Jan 18, 2014)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with not including the namespace name in the XML mapping, when namespaces for entity classes and context class are different, is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with creating models for Entity Framework 6 on the workstation without .NET Framework 4.5 installed is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with association mapping in the DbContext template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with composite keys mapping in the DbContext template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with changing the MigrationHistory table when migrating from EF4/EF5 to EF6, when config.Workarounds.DisableQuoting = True, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.2.65 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • The bug with retrieving views in Business Intelligence Solutions projects is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with wrong order for creation tables with the many-to-many associations via the CreateDatabase() method is fixed
  • The bug with the entity cache (EntityCacheMode.WeakReference) is fixed
  • The bug related to working with the stored functions, that return results as "SETOF primitive_type", is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The predefined templates (POCO Entity and LinqConnect) are improved: new template setting, "Generate Dummy Comments", is added (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug related to detecting unique keys is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug related to the "Custom tool error: Unknown namespace or alias (NamespaceName.NamespaceName)" error when setting return type of the method to complex type is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The behaviour is changed: Code-First Migrations generates DEFAULT values for new NOT NULL columns of Boolean, Guid, DateTime, TimeSpan types when adding them in the existing table
  • The behaviour is changed: Code-First Migrations does not generate the unicode attribute if it is not specified in the mapping explicitly

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.2.55 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Workflow Foundation is supported
  • The bug with inserting quoted user-defined fields via WebSecurity.CreateUserAndAccount method of SimpleMembership provider is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with foreign keys not created for many-to-many associations via the CreateDatabase() method is fixed
  • The bug related to the "The type initializer for 'DefaultXmlMappingProvider'" exception when working with the xml mapping and result sets is fixed
  • The bug with the comparison of the entity key property with a nullable variable, which is equal to null, is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The behaviour is changed: the schema, specified in the Schema connection string parameter, is created in the database when config.DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour is equal to DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Schema or DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Database

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.1.45 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • The behaviour is changed: now a transaction rollbacks on Connection.Close() if Transaction.Commit() was not called before closing the connection
  • The bug with disabling some properties in Devart components in Visual Studio Express is fixed
  • The bug with calling the RowUpdating event of PgSqlDataTable and PgSqlDataAdapter classes when no data is changed is fixed
  • The bug with installing provider assemblies for the x64 version of SQL Server Integration Services is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The possibility to inherit from the data provider classes is added
  • Entity Developer:
  • The new "Provider Manifest Token" model property is implemented to identify the target server (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: the values of "Target Server" and "Server Version" can be reset via the Model Settings > Synchronization > Mapping dialog despite the fact whether connection is specified in Database Explorer or not
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The compatibility of Entity Framework provider for EF v1, v4, v5 with medium trust level environment is improved
  • The bug related to the NRE on the CreateDatabaseScript() method, when the Code-First model is not configured completely, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.1.36 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Entity Framework support:
  • The Entity SQL canonical function NewGuid is supported
  • The config.QueryOptions.NewGuidGenerationMethod configuration option (by default SQL expression is used) is added to provide the possibility to set a way to generate new Guid

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.1.26 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Visual Studio 2013 is supported
  • The behaviour is changed: installation with the /VERYSILENT install parameter will uninstall the other version of the provider without any dialog box if it is installed
  • The bug with using ExtendedMembership provider in a multithreaded application is fixed
  • The bug with the '-1' value of the MaxLength property for columns with character types, which are created by PgSqlDataAdapter, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Entity Framework 6 is supported
  • The bug with IntelliSense when working with T4 Editor in Visual Studio 2012 is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 versions of Entity Framework are supported
  • The behaviour is changed: Entity Data Model Wizard shows a more detailed error message in case of connecting to unsupported database or using incorrect provider manifest tokens

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 7.0.17 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Microsoft Sync Framework support is implemented
  • The support of asynchronous backing up and restoring for PgSqlDump is implemented
  • The following methods are added to PgSqlDump class for asynchronous backup and restore operations: BeginBackup, BeginBackupQuery, BeginRestore, EndBackup, EndBackupQuery, EndRestore
  • The UseMultirowSyntax property, specifying whether to use the multirow VALUES syntax when generating INSERT statements, is added to the PgSqlDump class
  • The CommitBatchSize property, specifying the max size in bytes of a single INSERT statement with multiple values in the script when using the multirow VALUES syntax, is added to the PgSqlDump class
  • PgSqlTime type, representing the TIME server data type, is added
  • PgSqlTimeTZ type, representing the TIME WITH TIMEZONE server data type, is added
  • The bug with backing up the serial columns with PgSqlDump is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The Collate method of the SqlMethods class is implemented
  • The bug with ignoring 'IsDbGenerated = True' when using Attach(TEntity entity, bool asModified) method is fixed
  • The bug with the compiled query cache when query contains parameters with the same values is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The predefined templates are improved: new template setting, "Use Compiled Query Cache", is added (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with "DevartEntityDeploy" task, which generates mapping files, in Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The behaviour is changed: Code-First Migrations generates DEFAULT 0 for new NOT NULL columns of numeric types when adding them in the existing table
  • The behaviour is changed: Code-First Migrations generates DEFAULT '' for new NOT NULL columns of string types when adding them in the existing table
  • The bug with performing queries via the ExecuteStoreQuery, SqlQuery methods in Entity Framework 6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.8.322 (Sep 18, 2013)

  • SSIS DataFlow Source and Destination components for PostgreSQL are implemented
  • The overload for the PgSqlLargeObject.Open() method with the PgSqlLargeObjectOpenMode parameter is added
  • The bug with NULL values in Data Viewer in SSIS is fixed
  • The bug with dequeuing RAW message having length greater than 2000 characters is fixed
  • The bug with NullReferenceException when deserializing PgSqlException after passing it between AppDomains is fixed
  • The bug with an error occurring during opening a connection, and then this connection getting into the pool is fixed
  • The bug with the Caption property of the DataGridView column with the Devart DataTable component is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The possibility to use the extension method AsQueryable() in LINQ queries is added
  • The support for correct retrieving of the TimeSpan and DateTimeOffset values while materializing is added
  • The support for the operators of equality(==) and inequality(!=) for the "inet" data type in LINQ queries is added
  • The bug with eager loading is fixed
  • The bug with the redundant opened sessions is fixed
  • The bug with missing CreateCommand method in the DataProvider class is fixed
  • The bug related to the ArgumentNullException on SubmitChanges method when trying to update a row with the same values is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The "Close the window when the generation completes successfully" option in the Generation Process window is implemented in the standalone Entity Developer
  • The "Rewrite connection string during regeneration" option (default value is True) of model settings is added to provide the possibility to turn off modifying connection string in *.config after model is saved first time (Entity Framework models)
  • The design time support for model-defined functions is added (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: now connection string is configured with the name of the assembly, where the model is located, in case when the context class is located in another assembly (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with the Retrieve Data functionality of the model with the DbContext template, when its Fluent Mapping property is set to True, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug related to the detection of Table Per Type inheritances as Table Per Concrete Type inheritances when opening an existing model is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with parsing *.edmx is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating "An item with the same key has already been added" error when using DbContext Template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with DbContext template, when its MappingGenerationStrategy is set to UseConfigurationClasses, generating fluent mapping for an association with turned off generation of one navigation property is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with availability of the New Blank Template option of the Templates context menu in Model Explorer in the Entity Developer version integrated into Visual Studio is fixed
  • The bug with generating invalid code when using MVC View Advanced template is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6 Release Candidate 1 is supported
  • SharpMap 1.0 RTM is supported
  • NetTopologySuite 1.13.1 is supported
  • Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.Spatials.dll assembly is added
  • The behaviour is changed: the parameter, which participates in the IS NULL comparison, is cast to a particular type in the generated SQL query
  • The bug with generating NRE when adding parameter to a command in IDbCommandInterceptor.ReaderExecuting in Entity Framework 6 is fixed
  • The bug with applying datetime and time data types when generating SQL with UNION statements, which correspond to multiple Include constructions in LINQ to Entities, is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.7.301 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • The "Default FetchAll" connection string parameter for defining default value of the FetchAll property of PgSqlCommand objects created on the connection is implemented
  • The possibility of specifying negative large object OIDs via interface of the PgSqlLargeObject class is implemented
  • The support of asynchronous backing up and restoring for PgSqlDump is implemented
  • The bug with executing prepared statements via pgPool II is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Unexpected server response" exception on ExecuteReader method when using it in cycle with Cancel method is fixed
  • The bug with compatibility of Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Web.dll for .NET Framework 2 and 4 in Visual Studio 2010, that is automatically added to the project when adding the PgSqlDataSource component to the web form, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The "Model Name As Files Prefix" property is implemented for the templates which generate classes for model entities
  • The possibility of adding custom attributes to enum members is implemented
  • The behaviour is changed: the possibility to exclude the generation of keys (primary, foreign) in "Update Database From Model" and "Generate Database Script From Model " wizards is added
  • The behaviour is changed: the possibility to add one-to-one associations with nullable foreign key properties is added (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: now by default MVC Controller template generates files in the model folder, MVC View Advanced template creates files in the Views model subfolder
  • The behaviour is changed: the PostgreSQL limitation in 63 character for identifier names is taken into account when the SQL script is generated by Update Database From Model / Generate Database Script wizards
  • The bug with breaking the parameters order in Generator Parameters Editor is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with an error during a compilation of the 'LinqConnect' template for VB.NET projects in Visual Studio 2008 is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with breaking the IdGenerator configuration after closing the model is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with generating code by Self-Tracking Entity template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with parsing *.edmx is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The "Unprepared Execute" connection string parameter is supported by Entity Framework runtime
  • The bug with converting data types when using Batch Updates is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.7.287 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services is supported
  • The bug with the Cancel method of PgSqlCommand when using CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect registration PgSqlExtendedMembershipProvider in machine.config file is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the NRE on the CreateDatabase() method, when the navigation properties generation for one of the sides in one-to-one association is turned off, is fixed
  • The bug with wrong script generation on the CreateDatabase() method for one-to-one associations is fixed
  • The bug with materialization when converting decimal values is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Sequence contains no elements" exception when working with unmapped properties and PropertyChanging/PropertyChanged events is fixed
  • The bug related to materializing structs in the "select new" clause is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Method not found" exception when opening connection in LINQPad via LinqConnectDriver is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Support for spatial data types in Entity Framework 5 and 6 is added
  • The behaviour is changed: a default value for the "Detect Table Per Type inheritances" option in Model settings is set to False
  • The bug related to the wrong Source values for foreign key properties when adding associations with the selected "Add foreign key properties to the child class" check box is fixed
  • The bug with applying RangeAttribute of the DataAnnotation validation framework for nullable properties is fixed
  • The bug with parsing *.edmx is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Support for spatial data types in Entity Framework 5 and 6 is added
  • NetTopologySuite GIS library support in Entity Framework 5 and 6 is added
  • PostGIS 'geometry' and 'geography' data type support in Entity Framework 5 and 6 is added
  • Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.dll assembly built with the 4.5 version of .NET Framework is added
  • Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.Migrations.dll assembly built with the 5.0 version of EntityFramework.dll is added
  • The PgSqlSpatialFunctions class for working with PostGIS spatial functions in LINQ to Entities is added
  • The config.Workarounds.UseInvariantProviderManifestToken configuration option (default value is False) is added to provide the possibility of returning the invariant string literal as the provider manifest token
  • The config.SqlFormatting.Identation option is renamed to config.SqlFormatting.Indenting
  • The bug with using delimiter when generating Code-First Migrations script via the ScriptUpdate method of the MigratorScriptingDecorator class in Entity Framework 6 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.276 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • The bug with determining the DateTime.Kind value by the PgSqlDataReader.GetDateTime method when reading from the timestamp with / without time zone columns is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The "Regenerate Storage and Mapping" option for regenerating model parts, specific to the database server, is added to the diagram shortcut menu
  • Storage Entity Editor is improved: the capability to edit extended columns settings, such as facets, is added (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with adding a new property to the base abstract class in Table Per Hierarchy inheritance is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with a workability of configuration options set in the application config file when using Code-First Migrations via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.267 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • The CommitTimeout property of the PgSqlConnection object is implemented to determine timeout period for the Commit method
  • The bug with the PgSqlDataSource component in design time is fixed
  • The bug with retrieving the Guid type is fixed
  • The bug with retrieving default value data for table columns when calling the PgSqlConnection.GetSchema("Columns") method is fixed
  • The bug with generating typed Devart DataSet using a connection from *.config in the Visual Basic project is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The performance when working with the TPT-inheritance and retrieving descendants via OfType is improved
  • The bug with the CreateDatabase() method when "Delete Rule" is set for the association (not empty and not "NO ACTION") is fixed
  • The bug related to the "The non-nullable navigation property '...' was set to null in the entity object '...'" error when working with nullable composite foreign keys is fixed
  • The bug related to working with the WCF Ria Domain Service template is fixed
  • The bug with the TPT-inheritance and associations to the descendants of the inheritance is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint" error on SubmitChanges(), when DataContext has only one added entity for insertion with a custom key generator and DbGenerated=False for its primary key, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behaviour is changed: DatabaseGeneratedOption is always generated for EntityKey properties when using fluent mapping (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with wrong code generation for nullable enum properties is fixed
  • The bug with generating "Access Denied" error when using MVC templates is fixed
  • The bug with a serialization of stored procedures mapping to CUD operations in an association is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with ordering parameters of a method when Update From Database Wizard adds/removes parameters to the method signature is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with parsing *.edmx which includes an association, which has different values in a navigation property name and a role at the same end, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with indentifying citext parameter when importing function in SSDL is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The config.DatabaseScript.ForeignKey.Enabled option (default value is True) is added to turn on/off generation of foreign key constraints
  • The bug with using methods which include Byte and SByte parameters is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.257 (Jun 10, 2013)

  • The bug with throwing an exception during installation when the DbProviderFactories section is missing in the machine.config file is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with the nullable properties in composite foreign keys is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Devart.Data.Linq.Binary type is added to the "Type Mapping Rule Editor" (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: auto-implemented properties are generated when DbContext template is used with ImplementINotifyPropertyChanged=False and ImplementINotifyPropertyChanging=False (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with referencing a custom assembly in T4 template is fixed
  • The bug with processing non-latin symbols in the names of objects is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with a synchronization when adding new properties to the base abstract class in Table Per Hierarchy inheritance is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with parsing *.edmx which includes the class with a self-association is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with retrieving an association mapping when opening *.edmx is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6 Beta 1 is supported
  • The Database value is added to the DeleteDatabaseBehaviour enumeration for creating/removing database in Code-First
  • The behaviour is changed: CreateDatabase()/Code-First with DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Schema does not try to create a schema if it exists
  • The bug using Batch Updates in a multithreaded application is fixed
  • The bug with quoting non-latin symbols is fixed
  • The bug with creating CHAR / VARCHAR datatypes without specified max length using CreateDatabase()/Code-First approach is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.252 (Jun 10, 2013)

  • The bug with PgSqlArray of the UUID type with protocol 3 is fixed
  • The bug with WebSecurity.Login() used with wrong credentials is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with inserting dependent entity when the main entity has a key generator for the primary key property and DbGenerated is set to False is fixed
  • The bug with duplicate columns in an ORDER BY statement when using eager loading for several tables is fixed
  • The bug related to working with unmapped class members is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The "WCF DataMember Attribute on Navigation Properties" property is added to the DbContext and POCO templates for pointing the end (-s) where the attribute should be generated
  • The bug with placing tables names in the root of the "Choose change action" page of Update From Database Wizard is fixed
  • The bug with generating NRE when setting the output of the template to the unloaded project is fixed
  • The bug with adding many-to-many associations when one of the sides of the association is involved in the inheritance is fixed (LinqConnect models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.242 (May 24, 2013)

  • The bug with the PgSqlDataReader.GetDateTimeOffset method when reading data of the timestamp with time zone type is fixed
  • The bug with processing newline string characters in PgSqlLoader is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The possibility to disable query cache via the DataContext's 'EntityCachingMode' property is added
  • Support for SERIAL and BIGSERIAL database types when using CreatedDatabase() method is added
  • The bug with inheriting an entity class from an unmapped type is fixed
  • The bug related to the 'Index was outside of the bounds of the array' error when using GroupBy in queries is fixed
  • The bug with the materializer cache and AssociateWith method is fixed
  • The bug with the CreatedDatabase() method for many-to-many associations is fixed
  • The bug with AddDays() method with negative parameters is fixed
  • The bug with inserting record with composite primary key is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The Save and Refresh buttons for persisting and reloading changes to / from a database is added to the Retrieve Data grid
  • POCO Entity template is improved: new template setting, "Property Change Notifiers", is added (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: a string default value for the property can be set without quotes in the Properties window
  • The behaviour is changed: the validation error is not generated when an abstract class is used in Table Per Type inheritance (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with wrong detecting many-to-many associations is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with obtaining metadata of procedure result set which returns table is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with mapping nested complex data types in the MSL part of the model in the synchronization mode is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with using geometric data types when EF engine generates UNION for CASEs is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.226 (Apr 27, 2013)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with incorrect work of the Update Model From Database wizard for models containing stored procedures with parameters is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.224 (Apr 27, 2013)

  • The behaviour is changed: provider's build action is installed on the target workstation, on which .NET Framework is available, without Visual Studio integration
  • The bug with missing schema name prefix during backing up index objects with the PgSqlDump component is fixed
  • The bug with database objects drag-and-drop from Server Explorer on DataSet Editor is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • The bug with query cache issues when working with one DataContext instance and different data providers is fixed
  • The bug with method Any() when working with one DataContext instance and different data providers is fixed
  • The bug related to the issue with the OnListChanged() event when EntitySet collection is changed is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with loading mapping rules for some datatypes under .NET Framework 4.5 is fixed
  • The bug with wrong database script generation for tables with several many-to-many associations is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The datetimeoffset pseudo type of SSDL, which corresponds to System.DateTimeOffset, is implemented
  • The error messages about long identifiers when using CreateDatabase/DropDatabase are improved
  • The bug with SQL generation for the HasValue property of the Nullable variable in LINQ to Entities queries is fixed
  • The bug with a workability of config.QueryOptions.CaseInsensitiveLike is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.6.217 (Apr 27, 2013)

  • The "AllowDateTimeOffset" connection string parameter for returning the TimeStampTZ database value like System.DateTimeOffset by PgSqlDataReader is implemented
  • The bug with initializing the PgSqlConnection object before passing it to the PgSqlCommand instance when generating code for typed Devart DataSet is fixed
  • The bug with InvalidCastException in PgSqlDump.Backup for PostgreSQL server 8.3 and earlier is fixed
  • The bug with defining delete statement in SqlStatementExecute event handler is fixed
  • The bug with passing an array of the row type as a parameter value is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • LINQPad integration is supported
  • The bug related to the NullReferenceException on SubmitChanges() method when working with isVersion properties is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • A new MVC Controller template, generating a ASP.NET MVC controller with data access code, is added
  • A new MVC View Advanced template, generating an ASP.NET MVC view based in Twitter Bootstrap, is added
  • A new Data Transfer Object template for DTO classes generation is implemented
  • A new Data Annotation Metadata template, generating Data Annotation metadata classes and decorating classes and properties with data annotation attributes for validation, presentation and defining metadata, is added
  • A new WCF RIA Domain Service template, generating a WCF RIA Services domain service class for a Devart Entity Framework model is added
  • A new WCF RIA Domain Service template, generating a WCF RIA Services domain service class for a Devart LinqConnect model is added
  • Add Template dialog box is improved
  • The Namespace property of class, complex type, enum is implemented
  • The Entity Container Namespace properties of the model is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The support for enums declared in external assemblies is implemented
  • The capability for setting special rules for generating default names of database objects when using the Model First approach is implemented (a new Advanced page is added to the Synchronization->Database Naming section of the Model Settings dialog box)
  • The capability to customize properties that are automatically added when creating a new entity, and options that are automatically set when creating a new property is added (a new Initialization page is added to the Model->General section of the Model Settings dialog box)
  • The Refresh option in the Attributes tab of the Model Settings window is implemented; it updates the list of available attributes types in the referenced assemblies
  • The capability to modify custom attributes for several selected entities or properties at the same time is implemented
  • Automatic adding of references to Entity Framework specific assemblies when adding a new Devart Entity model to a project is implemented
  • The capability to cancel metadata reading in wizards and Database Explorer is added
  • The "Recreate Database Tables" check box, which allows to drop and recreate database tables, is added to the "Update To Database" wizard
  • New setting "Detect Table Per Type inheritances", which enables automatic detection of TPT inheritances, is added for Create Model Wizard and model
  • The "Include Drop" check box for including DROP commands for database objects to the generated script is added to Generate Database Script Wizard
  • A new shortcut menu command "Include Related", which allows making a copy of the related objects in the specified diagram, is added
  • A new shortcut menu command "Add To Model with Related", which allows adding tables, related to the selected one, to the model, is added to the shortcut menu of tables in Database Explorer
  • A new shortcut menu command "Add On Diagram With Related", which allows creating an object and all the objects related to it on a diagram, is added to the shortcut menu of classes, complex types, and enums in Model Explorer
  • New "Simple" diagram skin is added for displaying a diagram in metro style
  • The "Default Width" diagram property for specifying the default width for newly created diagram shapes (entities, complex types and enums) is added
  • DbContext template is improved: a "WCF Data Contract Attributes" setting for generation of DataContract, KnownType, and DataMember attributes for classes and properties is added (Entity Framework models)
  • DbContext template is improved: "Implement INotifyPropertyChanging" and "Implement INotifyPropertyChanged" template settings are added (Entity Framework models)
  • DbContext template is improved: a new "Mapping Generation Strategy" property that determines the method of mapping generation is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • POCO template is improved: a new "WCF Data Contract Attributes" setting for generating DataContract, KnownType, and DataMember attributes for classes and properties is added (Entity Framework models)
  • POCO template is improved: "Proxy Creation Enabled" setting is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • POCO template is improved: new template settings, "Implement INotifyPropertyChanging" and "Implement INotifyPropertyChanged", are added (Entity Framework models)
  • Create Model Wizard is improved: it is now able to download and install the required 'EnityFramework' Nuget package for Entity Framework 6 models, and for models for Entity Framework 4 and 5 in case they use the DbContext template
  • The Storage Column Editor dialog box is improved: the possibility to specify different settings that were previously available only in the Properties docking window are implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • Class Editor is improved: the capability to edit extended property settings, such as validation, presentation, and facets, is added
  • Type Editor is improved: the capability to edit extended property settings, such as validation, presentation, and facets, is added
  • The "Rewrite connection string during regeneration" check box of Model Settings is implemented to determine whether to overwrite the connection string in the project config file with the one, currently set in Entity Developer for the model, each time when regenerating code for the model (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: "Save connection string in App.Config as" check box in Model Settings dialog box is renamed to "Use connection string from App.Config as" (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: now, when creating a new TPH discriminator column in Inheritance Editor, it has the string type by default
  • The behaviour is changed: the error is generated if the Abstract inheritance modifier is set for the class which is involved in the Table Per Type inheritance
  • The behaviour is changed: empty value is used in property editors instead of -1 for marking facets of class property without assigned value
  • The behaviour is changed: System.DateTime .NET structure is mapped to TIMESTAMP database type when using Model First approach (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with the database script generation for the 'Delete Rule' association property is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with closing connection in the generated method, which has multiple result sets, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with adding annotation:UseStrongSpatialTypes="false" automatically to CSDL of the model with Entity Framework version set to 5 or higher is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with quoting collation in the ORDER BY clause of EntitySQL is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.5.202 (Mar 15, 2013)

  • The bug with dropping an object when other objects depend on it during PgSqlDump.Restore() is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with DataLoadOptions.AssociateWith() when working with several DataContext objects is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Specified cast is not valid" exception when working with auto-increment primary keys mapped to decimal entity property is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with obtaining DebuggerService when working with T4 Editor is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6 Alpha 3 is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.5.192 (Mar 1, 2013)

  • ExtendedMembership (SimpleMembership) provider support is added
  • The bug with command generation for the PgSqlDataSource component is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The possibility of setting enum values via predefined dropdown list in the Retrieve Data window is implemented
  • The behaviour is changed: the Guid property is mapped to the UUID type in the database when using the Model First approach (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug related to the stored procedures with miltiple resultsets is fixed (LinqConnect models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.4.179 (Feb 11, 2013)

  • The bug with using parameter value of the System.DateTimeOffset type is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to creation of a new instance of DataContext when using fluent mapping with the 'Database Independent = true' property is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Cannot add query to cache. An item with the same key already exists" exception in multi-threading applications is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behaviour is changed: the serializing property and corresponding methods are not generated when using 'Fluent Mapping'/'POCO Entity' templates and Unidirectional mode (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: warnings about tables/views without primary keys are written to Error List window when generating a model (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: the EntityKey attribute is not assigned to each property of the class if there is no primary key in the corresponding table/view (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: empty value is used in property editors instead of -1 for marking facets of Storage Column without assigned value (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with setting SERIAL/BIGSERIAL data types for auto generated properties, which are not primary keys, when performing "Generate Database Script from Model" and "Update Database From Model" wizards is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.4.164 (Jan 18, 2013)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the "Cannot convert from 'string' to 'Devart.Data.Linq.Mapping.DeleteRule' " error when working with Fluent mapping is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with duplicate entries in the Base Class Condition and Derived Class Condition dropdowns of Inheritance Editor is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 6 Alpha 2 is supported
  • Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.dll assembly compiled with EntityFramework.dll 6.0 and NET Framework 4.0 is added

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.3.146 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • The bug with formatting the timestamp data when generating the script for user creation during PgSqlDump.Backup() is fixed
  • The bug with formatting the string data with escape characters during PgSqlDump.Backup() is fixed
  • The bug with generating invalid overload of the PgSqlDataTable constuctor when using Devart DataSet Wizard is fixed
  • The bug, that occurred when editing an existing Dataset in DataSet Wizard and which was associated with incorrect processing of 'Select command text' for Data tables having DataSource set to TableAdapter, is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the "Object does not match target type" exception when working with DbLinqDataSources and gridviews is fixed
  • The bug with the implicitly converting strings to integer type in queries when working with VB.NET projects is fixed
  • The bug related to the "Unsupported delete rule 'NO ACTION'" exception when creating DataContext is fixed
  • The bug with update commands for dependent entities that participate in Table Per Type inheritance is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Model Refactoring feature is implemented; it speeds up creating complex types and Table Per Type and Table Per Concrete Type inheritances from several model entities
  • Create Storage and Mapping command, that allows automatically creating of the corresponding storage part object and defining mapping, is added to the shortcut menu of classes, properties, and associations (Entity Framework models)
  • Select Storage Object command, that allows quick navigation to the corresponding storage part object, is added to the shortcut menu of classes, properties, associations, and methods (Entity Framework models)
  • The possibility to delete the corresponding storage part objects automatically when deleting conceptual model objects is added (Entity Framework models)
  • The functionality of ignoring columns in the database in the "Update To/From Database" wizards if they were omitted once before is implemented
  • The Property Editor dialog is improved: fast access to the editor of the corresponding storage object and the possibility to specify different settings that were previously available only in the Properties docking window are implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The Inheritance Editor dialog is improved: specifying Discriminator column for Table Per Hierarchy inheritance in the editor is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The Class Editor dialog is improved: fast access to the editor of the corresponding storage object is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The Method Editor dialog is improved: fast access to the editor of the corresponding storage object is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • Warnings about objects that are not mapped are added
  • The naming algorithm for the newly-created columns, which correspond to complex type's properties, when using the Model First approach is improved (Entity Framework models)
  • A SHIFT+DELETE keyboard shortcut for deleting entity, complex type, or enum from diagram only is added
  • An INSERT keyboard shortcut for creating a new entity, adding property to the selected entity/complex type or new member to enum is added
  • The possibility to view notes, added through the "Documentation" property, for all the diagram objects via hints is implemented
  • Hints for diagram objects are improved
  • The behaviour is changed: Configure Behaviour dialog is renamed to Stored Procedure Mapping; options for hiding inappropriate and mapped stored procedures are added (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: Table Editor dialog is renamed to Storage Entity Editor (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: Stored Procedure Editor dialog is renamed to Storage Procedure Editor (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: Configure Behaviour dialog is renamed to Stored Procedure Mapping (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with pointing out the schema name when generating index in Code-First Migrations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.2.132 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • The bug with using quoted schemas in DDEX is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The fluent mapping is improved: support of the ID generators for primary keys is added
  • The bug with the "Specified cast is not valid" exception when searching for an entity by its key is fixed
  • The bug with the failed updates to the database when using the Attach(TEntity,Boolean) method is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The possibility to set different namespaces for the context and its entities when using the DbContext template is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating the using directives for redundant namespaces is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with renaming the navigation property when using the Update Model From Database wizard is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with retrieving metadata information about primary keys in ADO.NET Entity Data Model/LightSwitch when using database user with limited privileges is fixed
  • The bug with the IgnoreSchemaName and IgnoreDboSchemaName options when working with EdmFunction is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.2.114 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • The bug with sending the commit and rollback events for connections in the distributed transaction to dbMonitor is fixed
  • The bug with the PgSqlLoader object doubling a single quote character is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with availability of the Yes/No/Cancel options when saving models created with previous versions of Entity Developer is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect model creation and wrong generation of the associations and entity keys when working for users with limited privileges is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.2.104 (Oct 19, 2012)

  • The support of Range Types for PostgreSQL 9.2 is added
  • PgSqlIntRange class for representing the int4range type is added
  • PgSqlBigIntRange class for representing the int8range type is added
  • PgSqlNumericRange class for representing the numrange type is added
  • PgSqlTimeStampRange class for representing the tsrange type is added
  • PgSqlTimeStampTZRange class for representing the tstzrange type is added
  • PgSqlDataRange class for representing the datarange type is added
  • The bug with the 'general' keyword in SQL queries is fixed
  • The bug with the PgSqlScript.CommandTimeout property not changing its value when setting the DefaultCommandTimeout parameter of the connection string is fixed
  • The bug with the new line character in the connection string is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with working with entities without INotifyPropertyChanging, INotifyPropertyChanged interfaces is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with disposing EntityCommand in the code generated for calling stored procedure is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with DropDatabase() and CreateDatabase(), when DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.ModelObjectsOnly is used, in EF v4.3 and higher is fixed
  • The bug with DropDatabase() and CreateDatabase(), when IgnoreDboSchemaName option is enabled and DeleteDatabaseBehaviour.Schema is used, in EF v4.3 and higher is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.2.96 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • The bug with deploying Analysis Services Project when using the x64 version of SQL Server Analysis Service is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug related to the "An item with the same key has already been added" exception when working with DevExpress GridView is fixed
  • The bug with synchronization of the parent and child entities is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Predefined template for generating Repositories and Unit of Work classes is added
  • Integration with Visual Studio refactoring for renaming model objects is implemented
  • The "Use Database Comments" option of Model Settings is implemented to determine whether comments for database objects, if supported by DBMS, will be used for model objects Documentation initialization and taken into account when executing model or database update operations
  • The "Implement IClonable" option for the generated classes based on the model entities is added to all templates
  • The behaviour is changed: the "Save connection string in App.Config as" option is available for LinqConnect models in the standalone version Entity Developer (the entry in App.Config must be added manually afterwards)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The config.CodeFirstOptions.TruncateLongDefaultNames configuration option (default value is False) is added to provide the possibility of truncating long default names of indexes, primary keys, and foreign keys generated by Code-First Migrations
  • The validation of identifier name length in Code-First Migrations is implemented
  • The bug with setting configuration options via the application config file is fixed
  • The bug with setting the configuration options for Entity Framework v1 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.2.77 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Visual Studio 2012 is supported
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with getting entities from the cache by keys of type Int16 is fixed
  • The bug with getting entities directly from the cache for the command First (predicate) etc, is fixed
  • The bug with wrong parameters when loading dependent entities with two-level LoadOptions are set is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Support for ADO.NET Entity Framework 5 is added
  • The 'Entity Base' class property, which allows specifying the ancestor class/interface for a particular entity type, is implemented (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: only particular (not all) property characteristics are regenerated when using Update Model From Database wizard after the metadata of the corresponding column have been changed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • ADO.NET Entity Framework 5 is supported
  • The behaviour is changed: Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.Migrations.dll is built with the 4.4 version of EntityFramework.dll now
  • The bug with using command delimiters when generating the Code-First Migrations script in Package Manager Console of Visual Studio is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.1.58 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with creating DataContext with complex types having no default mapping is fixed
  • The bug with modifying the list of tracked entities when it is being enumerated is fixed
  • The bug with clearing the collection of depending entities is fixed
  • The bug with datetime literals as default COALESCE arguments is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The possibility to unload assemblies from the main application domain by using separate application domain is implemented
  • The possibility to disable such Database First Settings as type mapping rules is implemented
  • The design time copy/cut/paste functionality for enum members is added
  • The bug with generating the "This model has been modified outside of the editor. Do you want to reload it?" error when Entity Developer is integrated into TFS is fixed
  • The bug with integration into TFS is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The config.QueryOptions.UseCSharpNullComparisonBehavior configuration option for checking for NULL when comparing a nullable property (column) or an expression with a variable (parameter) in LINQ to Entities is implemented (by default, false)
  • The bug with automatic setting of the ColumnTypeCasingConventionCompatibility configuration option to True when using EF Code-First 4.3 or higher and ObjectContext with XML mapping (the attributes of the EdmSchemaAttribute assembly level) simultaneously is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.1.40 (Jul 19, 2012)

  • The behaviour is changed: when a connection is terminated, PgSqlAlerter waiting process is terminated too and an exception is thrown
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with enumerating queries that have empty result sets is fixed
  • The bug with materializing query results into invalid object properties is fixed
  • The query cache bug with distinguishing compiled queries that have nullable parameters is fixed
  • The bug with deleting many-to-many links of entity having multiple many-to-many associations is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behaviour is changed: the warning, related to the missing property setter, is disabled (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: for the association, in which the many-side entity hasn't the primary key, the code and the mapping are not generated (LinqConnect models)
  • The behaviour is changed: the properties, that correspond autoincrement fields, are generated with a ReadOnly keyword in VB.NET (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The support of the PostgreSQL full-text search functionality is implemented
  • The PgSqlTextFunctions class for working with full-text search functions in LINQ to Entities is added
  • The support of the TSVECTOR and TSQUERY data types is implemented
  • The PgSqlCreateIndexConfiguration class for creating full-text indexes in CreateIndex operation in Code-First Migrations is added
  • Creating indexes for FK columns in Code-First CreateDatabase functionality is implemented
  • The config.DatabaseScript.ForeignKey.IndexCreation configuration option is added (default value is True)
  • The SimilarTo overloaded methods are added to the PgSqlFunctions class to provide support of the SQL SIMILAR TO statement
  • The possibility of setting configuration options via the application config file is implemented
  • The Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.xsd file is added to the installation in order to simplify setting and validating the application config file settings when using the XML Editor
  • Code-First Migrations now supports specifying which schema (database) a table belongs to
  • CASE generation is improved
  • The config.Workarounds.IgnoreDboSchemaName configuration option is added. The option is automatically set to True, if Code-First (Migrations) EF v4.x/5.x is used
  • The behaviour is changed: in case of using Code-First (Migrations) EF v4.x/5.x the schema name 'dbo' will be ignored by default

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.0.25 (Jun 27, 2012)

  • The bug with insertion of the PgSqlArray instance containing elements with values equal to 'null' is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with deleting the entity and its many-to-many bunches outside the batch is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The "Pluralize collection navigation properties" option for the possibility to turn off the pluralization of the many-end names of associations is implemented
  • The "sealed override" inheritance modifier for methods based on stored procedures and functions is added (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with copy/pasting entities having a common relation is fixed
  • The bug with generating redundant column in SSDL when setting one-to-one association in the designer is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating the MSL mapping for one-to-one association is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with the displaying many-to-many associations in the Association Editor is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with specifying the custom tool for LinqConnect models being added to web sites is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with mapping generation for associations with the 'Delete On Null' rule enabled is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with mapping generation for entity types having multiple complex types is fixed (LinqConnect models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.0.17 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate is supported
  • The Initialization Command connection string parameter is implemented
  • The MemCryptStorage class for storing SSL certificates in the application memory is implemented
  • The behaviour is changed: the 'sender' parameter in MonitorEventHandler is a connection and the MonitorEventArgs.ExtraInfo property is filled with the connection string
  • The bug with returning DateTime with DateTimeKind.Unspecified by the PgSqlDataReader.GetDateTime method when reading from the timestamp without time zone column is fixed
  • The minor bugs with the GetSchema method of the PgSqlConnection class are fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The CreateDatabase bug with creating a table for an entity type with multiple complex type fields is fixed
  • The CreateDatabase bug with creating a table for an entity type with no primary key is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with the failure to read the complex type's Access property value is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with saving *.edml when importing data from *.edmx is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The config.CodeFirstOptions.RemoveSchemaFromDefaultConstraintName option for removing schema name from the default constraint name is implemented in Code-First Migrations (by default, true)
  • The config.CodeFirstOptions.AddTableNameInDefaultIndexName option for adding a table name to the default index name is implemented in Code-First Migrations (by default, true)
  • The config.CodeFirstOptions.DisableIndexQuoting option is implemented for a backward compatibility with migrations which use indexes, generated and applied in the 5.xx versions
  • The bug with quoting indexes in Code-First Migrations is fixed
  • The bug with HistoryTable in Code-First Migrations when using the DisableQuoting option is fixed
  • The bug with adding a schema prefix to default constraint name (PK and FK) in Code-First Migrations is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 6.0.6 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • The behaviour is changed: the access modifier of the connectionString field of web provider classes is changed from private to protected
  • The bug with retrieving correct decimal value from database when 'PgSqlCommand.UnpreparedExecute = true' is fixed
  • The bug with using the Transaction Scope Local connection string parameter for connection within distributed transaction is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • References to System.Data.Linq are removed; now LinqConnect uses only its own classes
  • Upgrade wizard for upgrading projects to the new version of LinqConnect automatically is added
  • The possibility to choose cache mode (classic mode for cases when DataContext is used as a unit of work, and self-cleaning mode for cases when DataContext is a long-lived object) is added
  • The possibility to map stored procedure out parameters of the CURSOR type to IEnumerable parameters of the corresponding methods is added
  • Tracking of complex object graphs with chains of parent-child objects is optimized
  • Number of database calls required for managing objects with a many-to-many association is reduced
  • Delete rule performance is improved
  • Compilation performance is improved
  • Materialization performance is improved
  • Compiled query cache is improved
  • Entity Developer:
  • The sticker notes for adding comments to diagrams are implemented
  • The possibility to add a stamp, specifying diagram author, company, version, copyrights, project name, and date, to a diagram is implemented
  • New Collapse All and Expand All menu commands for collapsing and expanding diagram shapes are added
  • The behaviour is changed: context menu commands for working with diagram are grouped to the Diagram submenu of the context menu
  • The behaviour is changedr: the possibility to change diagram shape color via the corresponding Shape -> Color context menu command is added
  • The behaviour is changed: when pasting a copied entity to a new diagram, a new entity is not created, the existing entity is added to this diagram
  • The behaviour is changed: when cutting an entity from the diagram, the entity is not cut from the model, only from the diagram
  • The behaviour is changed: "Update Model From Database" wizard places newly added properties to the base abstract class now instead of putting them into child classes where the mapping is (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: the Money data type is mapped to System.Decimal by default now when using Database First approach (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: the CSDL property is left unchanged when the corresponding SSDL property is regenerated (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: the association names are generated basing on the database FK names when using Database First approach (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with reading one-to-many associations from the *.edmx file is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with "DevartEntityDeploy" task when only .NET Framework 4 is installed is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with closing connection in the generated method of the context is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating code using DbContext template, when template's Fluent Mapping property is set to True and one of the navigation properties of an association is turned off, is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with incorrect saving of method's extended properties is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 5.0 Release Candidate is supported
  • The behaviour is changed: the Money data type is mapped to System.Decimal by default now when using Entity Data Model Wizard/Generate Database Wizard and Code-First CreateDatabase functionality
  • The bug with creating MigrationHistory table (EF v4.3 and v5.0) when using protocol 3.0 is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.80.350 (May 3, 2012)

  • The IPv6 protocol is supported
  • The PgSqlConnection.ClearAllPools(bool force) method is added
  • The behaviour is changed: the Money PostgreSQL data type is mapped to System.Decimal now
  • The behaviour is changed: the PgSqlDataReader.GetDateTime method returns DateTime with DateTimeKind.Local now
  • The behaviour is changed: the exception message when connecting to a non-existing database is "database ... does not exist" now
  • The bug with decimal array as a parameter value of PgSqlType.Numeric is fixed
  • The bug with multiple execution of stored procedures returning REF CURSORs is fixed
  • The bug with generating the "Stream already closed!!!" error when retrieving invalid connection from the pool is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The multiline popup editor for the Documentation.Summary property is implemented
  • The bug with metadata processing in Visual Studio 11 Beta is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.80.341 (Apr 13, 2012)

  • The bug with the PgSqlDataReader.GetByte method when reading data from smallint column is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with the performance issues when generating complex queries is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The behaviour is changed: the Migrate option is added to the context menu of property in Model Explorer
  • The behaviour is changed: entities and enums on the designer surface are more resizable now
  • The bug with creating LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with detecting many-to-many associations is fixed (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.80.332 (Apr 13, 2012)

  • The handling of empty options in the connection string is improved
  • The bug with generating the "Connection must be opened" error when trying to commit/roll back transaction after expiration of command timeout is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with the generation of SQL queries including grouping by the whole entity is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with model saving after performing copy/paste of an element with a custom attribute is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect generation of a create database script in the "Generate Database Script" wizard for Entity Framework models, which occurs when the Regenerate Storage check box is selected, is fixed
  • The bug with code generation for association basing on several EntityKey properties when using POCO Entity and Self-Tracking Entity Visual Basic templates is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with the "Update Model From Database" wizard showing isVersion columns as changed is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 5.0 Beta 2 is supported
  • The behaviour is changed: Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity.Migrations.dll is built with the 4.3.1 version of EntityFramework.dll now
  • The bug with using expression aliases in complex queries is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.80.325 (Mar 20, 2012)

  • Visual Studio 11 Beta is supported
  • The PgSqlParameter(String, String) constructor is removed to avoid ambiguity with the PgSqlParameter(String, object) overload
  • The bug with transactions that require a long time for committing is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with column order in queries including the UNION clause is fixed
  • The bug with InvalidOperationException on disposing data contexts is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The copy/cut/paste functionality is added for objects of the conceptual part of a model
  • The possibility to drag&drop properties between classes in Model Explorer is implemented
  • The "HeaderTimestampVersionControlTag" generation template option is added for improving integration with version-control systems
  • The bug with generating code when using stored procedures with multiple result set with the POCO Entity and Self-Tracking Entity templates is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with setting StoreGeneratedPattern to Identity for foreign key property of the child class when creating an association is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with generating mappings for many-to-many association of entity to itself is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 5.0 Beta 1 is supported
  • SQL generation for .Any method in LINQ to Entities is improved

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.70.311 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The validation of method parameters in LinqConnect models is added
  • The context menu options for unchecking changed/added/dropped tables are implemented for the root nodes in the "Update To/From Database" wizards
  • The possibility to rename the storage part of the model in Model Explorer is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The diagram design is changed: an arrow (instead of a triangle) is used on the tip of an association now
  • The bug with detecting FK constraints and associations is fixed
  • The bug with setting comments for columns and tables in database is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 4.3 (Code First Migrations) is supported
  • The conversion of .StartsWith, .Contains, .EndsWith to LIKE clause in the generated SQL for the case of expression-based condition is supported
  • The Code-First Migrations behaviour is changed: if the nullable value of the property in migration is not set explicitly, the corresponding column will be created nullable
  • The Edm.Reverse canonical function is supported for PostgreSQL servers of 9.1 and higher versions

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.70.302 (Feb 11, 2012)

  • The bug with the Trim function in 'Query Builder' is fixed
  • The bug with PgSqlDump.Backup(), when duplicating CREATE statements for some aggregate functions are generated, is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with preserving the Validate Required property when saving the model is fixed
  • The bug with Entity Developer tool windows being shown when debugging an application is fixed
  • The bug with diagram representation in x64 environment is fixed
  • The bug with parsing PgSqlConnection.ServerVersion for Beta editions of PostgreSQL server is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.70.293 (Jan 28, 2012)

  • The bug with timezone retrieving by PgSqlDataReader.GetDateTimeOffset method is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with empty spaces in foreign key names generated by the CreateDatabase() method is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The documentation generation for navigation properties is implemented
  • The "Recreate Model" option, allowing to rebuild the model from a scratch, is added to the "Update Model From Database" wizard
  • The "GeneratePartialClass" template property to generate a partial class, which will not be overwritten by the designer, for each class in the model is added
  • The stored procedures support in DbContext template in case of XML mapping is implemented (Entity Framework models)
  • The behaviour is changed: database column comments are transfered to the Summary attribute of the Documentation property now
  • The bug with resetting the Validate Required property after reopening model is fixed
  • The bug with generating System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.KeyAttribute() for Primary Key columns is fixed
  • The bug with a workability of documentation links on Start Page is fixed
  • The bug with resetting the StoreGeneratedPattern attribute by the Update Model From Database wizard is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 4.3 Beta 1 (Code First Migrations) is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.60.283 (Jan 13, 2012)

  • The bug with performing an incorrect 'show bytea_output' query when activating a connection for PostgreSQL 8.4 and lower is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The documentation generation for Enum members is implemented
  • The "Detect function-based column default value" option for automatic setting StoreGeneratedPattern to Identity for corresponding columns is implemented for Entity Framework models (by default, false)
  • The algorithm for forming the Navigation Properties names, when there are several FOREIGN KEY constraints between the same tables, is changed
  • The behaviour is changed: the Navigation Property will not be displayed on the diagram and in Model Explorer if "Generate" is set to false for the appropriate association end
  • The behaviour is changed: the Validate Max Length attribute is synchronized with the Max Length attribute of Property by default now
  • The behaviour is changed: the Validate Required attribute is synchronized with the Nullable attribute of Property by default now
  • The behaviour is changed: when selecting a property in the Model Explorer, the corresponding entity on the diagram does not expand if it is collapsed
  • The bug with adding diagrams when the Notation parameter of the diagram "Property Details Level" is set to "Name And Type" is fixed
  • The bug with changing the Type property simultaneously for several inheritances is fixed
  • The bug with invalid Properties grid data refreshing for the selected attribute in the Attributes dialog box is fixed
  • The bug with formatting indents when generating code is fixed
  • The bug with saving inheritance layout on the diagram is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect model diagram saving after deleting a complex type from a diagram is fixed
  • The bug when the names of constraints in the Store part of the model are not taken into account by Generate Database Script From Model wizard is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with Retrieve Data when using DbContext template is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with Table Per Hierarchy (TPH) when using abstract intermediate class between the base and derived classes is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The generation of SQL-literals for byte array when using PostgreSQL server 9.x is supported
  • The generation of SQL-literals for DateTime with fractional part of seconds is improved
  • The bug with using slashes in string parameters of the .Contains method is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.60.268 (Dec 23, 2011)

  • The bug with setting the PrimaryKey attribute of DataTable.Constraints when editing an existing DataSet using DataSet Wizard is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with Visual Basic templates is fixed
  • The bug with scanning the network, when setting the connection, is fixed
  • The bug with duplicating EntitySet attribute when using entity return type is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with generating CROSS JOIN statement when using LINQ to Entities is fixed
  • The bug with config.DmlOptions.InsertNullBehaviour for non-EntityKey columns with initialized DefaultValue and StoreGeneratedPattern is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.60.258 (Dec 9, 2011)

  • The bug with redundant backslashes in text parameters of unprepared commands is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with inserting both sides of a one-to-one relationship is fixed
  • Entity Developer
  • Capability for customizing the default Type Mapping Rules is implemented
  • Capability for setting diagram options either globally for all diagram documents or separately for a particular one is implemented: the Diagram Appearance and Printing options can now be set through the Options dialog box
  • Capability for setting such options as Environment, Diagram and Servers' to adjust the Entity Developer behavior, Model diagram behavior and Type Mapping Rules to your needs is implemented
  • Capability for setting and defining the class property validation rules based on different engines (Data Annotation, Enterprise Library, NHibernate Validator) is added
  • The HasStream attribute of entity types, used retrieve binary data as a stream via Open Data Protocol, is supported (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with code generation for foreign key fields in Entity Framework models with fluent mapping is fixed
  • The bug with code generation for default values of DateTime fields is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with 'losing' additional diagrams when re-opening a model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The behavior of the Database.Delete code-first method is changed: the constraints are now disabled when database objects are deleted
  • The config.QueryOptions.NoEscapeLike and CaseInsensitiveLike options are implemented to manage LIKE behaviour when using Linq to Entities extention methods .Contains() .EndsWith() .StartsWith()
  • The bug with generating SQL for EdmFunction is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.50.250 (Nov 26, 2011)

  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug related to Visual Studio crashes at query execution is fixed
  • The bug with removing associations when updating the model is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The size of generated SQL is reduced by excluding redundant aliases

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.50.244 (Nov 15, 2011)

  • The possibility of using payload string for PostgreSQL version 9.0 and higher is implemented
  • The bug with bytea type when using protocol 2 is fixed
  • The bug with setting Port connection string parameter in Visual Studio connection editor to the value that is greater than 10000 is fixed
  • The bug with returning invalid connections to pool is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with updating explicitly attached entities is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The default attribute mapping source for LinqConnect models is made static
  • Behaviour is changed: table is not marked as "Changed" in Update Wizard if DefaultValue is set for its expression column
  • The default value of the Unicode facet is changed to true for PostgreSQL CITEXT columns (LinqConnect models)
  • The bug with detecting whether Devart Entity Model is changed or not is fixed
  • The bug with setting the Concealed Function property in Stored Procedure Editor is fixed
  • The bug with creating an association between classes participating in a TPC inheritance hierarchy is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with the local settings used for the default value of DateTime fields is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • The bugs with storage synchronization for TPC inheritance classes is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with determining correct data types in columns of descendants in TPT and TPC hierarchies is fixed
  • The bug with the TimeSpan parameters is fixed
  • The bug with the Group By expression is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.50.237 (Oct 27, 2011)

  • The bug when consequent distributed transaction fails if previous TransactionScope failed is fixed
  • The bug with TransactionScope behaviour, when Commit() is not invoked, is fixed
  • The bug with connection pooling when using SSPI/GSS authentication is fixed
  • The bug with breaking result set of PgSqlDataReader by PgSqlConnection.Ping() method is fixed
  • The bug with PgSqlDump when using it with tables which have case sensitive names is fixed
  • The bug with license check in ILMerged assembly in Mobile Edition is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with getting wrong query from the compiled query cache is fixed
  • The bug with ordering results of a query with eager loading options enabled is fixed
  • The bug with inserting entity objects having multiple relations to other entity type with auto-generated primary key is fixed
  • The bug with updating navigation properties based on a composite foreign key which intersects with the primary key is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The possibility of specifying the name of the connection string saved in the application configuration file is implemented
  • The bug with saving the IsFlags property of enum types in Entity Framework models is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with config.Workarounds.DisableQuoting behaviour with checking DatabaseExists is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.50.228 (Sep 30, 2011)

  • The bug with licensing WinForms projects in Delphi Prism is fixed
  • The bug with workability of command timeout for prepared commands is fixed
  • The bug with assigning the UnpreparedExecute option from connection string to the command is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The bug with ordering queries with eager loading options is fixed
  • The bug with caching queries performed via the ExecuteQuery method is fixed
  • The bug with .Equals(null) conditions in LINQ queries is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Disabling facets that are not applicable to the current field type is implemented (LinqConnect models)
  • Default behaviour changed: now the Update To Database Wizard does not drop foreign keys of a table if the 'master' one is not represented in the LinqConnect model
  • The bug with saving a new solution provided that the Visual Studio option for 'Projects and Solutions -> Save new projects when created' is unchecked is fixed
  • The bug with pluralization algorithm is fixed when Naming rules are defined
  • The 'The given key was not present in the dictionary' error in the Entity Developer version integrated into Visual Studio 2010 is fixed
  • The bug with default mapping for PostgreSQL UUID columns in LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with incorrect determining of association multiplicity (redundant 'many-to-many') in LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with setting Extended Properties for RelationProperty is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The bug with executing Function Imports with enabled BatchUpdates is fixed
  • The bug with Entity Data Model Wizard when creating a model is fixed
  • The bug when PgSqlEntityProviderWorkaroundConfig.IgnoreSchemaName does not affect stored procedures is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.50.214 (Sep 6, 2011)

  • GSS authentication is supported
  • Changed behaviour: the type of 'userid' and 'roleid' columns in database schema of ASP.NET Provider Model Support is UUID now
  • The bug with the resource file in Mobile Samples which are shipped with provider is fixed
  • The bug with serial columns when working with PgSqlLoader is fixed
  • The bug with PgSqlCommand.Cancel() is fixed
  • The bug with setting the Min Pool Size connection string parameter is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Fluent Mapping support is added
  • The bug with inserting a TPT 'child' entity in case its primary key column names differ from the 'parent' entity ones is fixed
  • The bug with deleting dependent entities when other changes were made is fixed
  • The bug with entity materialization for queries with multiple eager loading options is fixed
  • The bug with saving (inserting or updating) System.Data.Linq.Binary objects is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • Fluent Mapping template for LinqConnect models is added
  • Support for enumerated types ("enums") in LinqConnect and Entity Framework June 2011 CTP models is implemented
  • Import for selected stored procedures into the context model for Entity Framework models is implemented
  • New skins to improve the apllication appearance are implemented
  • Selection driven highlighting is implemented
  • Capability for changing the shape color for entities, complex types and enums is implemented
  • Capability for selecting the diagram skin type is implemented
  • Changed behaviour: when the FirstLetterUpperCase / FirstLetterLowerCase option is enabled in Naming rules, each letter after underscore will be capital/lower
  • The bug with saving custom attribute properties with default values in .edml files is fixed
  • The bug with changing property names ("Index was outside the bounds of the array") is fixed
  • The bug with an incorrect generation of the private variables names in Entity Framework models is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The possibility to turn off generation of fake updates for parent entities is implemented
  • The bug with constraint violation on Database.Delete is fixed
  • The bug with escape symbols in the query is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.30.202 (Aug 11, 2011)

  • The support of events which occur when connections are taken and returned to pool for processing PgSqlMonitor.TraceEvent is added
  • The PgSqlDump.BlockSize property is implemented to control the size of data block when making dump of large object
  • The "Offset and length were out of bounds..." bug in the Unicode mode is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • The bug with deleting dependent entities when the 'main' one is modified is fixed
  • The bug with update commands for Table Per Type inheritance is fixed
  • Entity Developer
  • The pluralization algorithm is improved when Naming rules are defined
  • Entity Framework support
  • The CITEXT data type is supported

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.30.185 (Jul 9, 2011)

  • SSPI authentication is supported
  • The bug with multi value parameters in SQL Server Reporting Services is fixed
  • The bug with securityTrimmingEnabled option of Site Map provider is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • The bug with the 'Cannot remove an entity that has not been attached' error when using compiled queries is fixed
  • Entity Developer
  • The possibility to export the diagram into an image file was added
  • The possibility to restrict adding the connection string information to the application configuration file is added
  • The changes in the Entity name are now preserved by Update From Database Wizard (Entity Framework models)
  • The bug with default value quotation in Entity Framework models is fixed
  • The bug with Primary Key naming in case of many-to-many associations in Model First is fixed (LinqConnect models)
  • Entity Framework support
  • Entity Framework 4.2 June 2011 CTP is supported
  • The bug with Save All for the Read Only model files in Entity Framework models is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.30.172 (Jun 16, 2011)

  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • The 'IsReference' mode of entity serialization is supported
  • The bug with querying entity tables having no primary key is fixed
  • The bug with ArgumentException on accessing DataContext.Table when the TEntity class has user-defined properties is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • The bug with Extended Properties handling is fixed
  • The bug with setting the multiplicity of updated constraint in Entity Framework models is fixed
  • Entity Framework support:
  • The PgSqlFunctions.ILike support is added
  • The update functionality for default values is improved
  • The bug with ordering in subqueries is fixed
  • The bug with Default Value and the Identity columns is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.30.165 (Jun 2, 2011)

  • The bug with license check in ILMerged assembly is fixed
  • The bug with PgSqlLoader when loading data with literal carriage return is fixed
  • The bug with generating Insert/Update/Delete commands via TableAdapter Configuration Wizard is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • Implemented fetch mode customization for eager loading of related entities
  • The bug with NullReferenceException when selecting non-entity types is fixed
  • The bug with type mismatch when using null parameters in LINQ queries is fixed
  • The bug with refreshing entities with a changed entity reference is fixed
  • The bug with updating entities that have associations based on unique (not primary) keys is fixed
  • The bug with parameters of compiled queries not being refreshed is fixed
  • Entity Developer
  • The bug with configuring a sequence ID generator in LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with LinqConnect external mapping file in case entity classes belong to non-default namespace is fixed
  • The bug with persisting associations between LinqConnect entity classes inherited from the same base class is fixed
  • The bug with Unicode symbols in template is fixed
  • Entity Framework support
  • Processing of Edm.StartsWith, Edm.Contains, and Edm.EndsWith is improved
  • The bug with the EndsWith method is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.30.160 (May 18, 2011)

  • DbTransactionBase class is added
  • TransactionStateChanging and TransactionStateChanged events are added to the DbConnectionBase class
  • Policy file for the Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity assembly is added
  • The License Information Wizard is improved: it now generates licenses for projects that have Entity Framework models or refer to Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Web, but have no direct references to Devart.Data.PostgreSql.dll
  • The "Use schema name" and "Use catalog name" checkboxes are added to DataSet Wizard
  • The bug with handled FormatExceptions when fetching data of the 'serial' data type is fixed
  • The bug with Membership provider compatibility between .NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0 is fixed
  • The bug with launching Devart documentation via Start menu is fixed
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • Implemented eager loading in case the related entities collection is referenced in the select clause of the query
  • The bug with incorrect operation order during SubmitChanges() calls is fixed
  • The bug with ArgumentExceptions thrown in background threads is fixed
  • The bug with using public properties when refreshing or materializing an entity is fixed
  • The bug with grouping a collection by a whole entity is fixed
  • Entity Developer:
  • New Templates are added:
  • LinqConnect: POCO template with XML mapping generation
  • Entity Framework: POCO template, Self-Tracking template, DbContext template with fluent mapping generation
  • Templates usability is improved
  • Template Editor is significantly improved
  • Ability to declare additional properties for model objects is added
  • Ability to specify .NET attributes for model objects is added
  • Implemented runtime support for literals specified in the 'Default Value' entity field property for LinqConnect models
  • The "Preserve schema name in storage" option is added
  • The bug with code generation for the 'Delete Rule' association property in LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with generation of attach/detach methods for many-to-many associations in LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with external mapping for LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with default values set via a function for string fields in LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with the "Access" combobox of the Association editor in LinqConnect models is fixed
  • The bug with procedures that differ only by name in Database Explorer is fixed (Entity Framework models)
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Batch Updates support is added
  • Adjustable SQL Formatting for DML commands is added
  • Ability to configure the NULL values inserting behaviour is added
  • IgnoreSchemaName workaround (mainly for Code First) is added
  • DisableQuoting workaround is added
  • PgSqlFunctions.Like support (including LINQ to Entities) is added
  • Configurable schema deletion and creation support is added
  • The bug with Entity Framework configurability is fixed

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.10.141 (Apr 19, 2011)

  • Fixed bug with TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE in Direct mode when daylight saving time
  • Fixed bug with array type in the Oracle Package wizard
  • Fixed bug with OracleQueue.Listen() with single consumer
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to Oracle):
  • Fixed bug with invalid aliases in queries that include the UNION clause
  • Fixed bug with simultaneous insert of both sides of a one-to-one association when the 'master' side has auto-generated ID
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Framework 4.1 RTW supported
  • Fixed bug with ROWSCN pseudo-column on update

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.10.135 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • Fixed bug with upgrading *.cs files in App_Code folder when using Upgrade Wizard
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Implemented the Attach(object entity, object original) method of the Devart.Data.Linq.ITable interface
  • Entity Developer:
  • Fixed bug with multiplicity changing in the association editor (Entity Framework models)

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.10.126 (Mar 26, 2011)

  • Supported Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
  • Fixed memory leak when executing prepared commands on the 2.0 protocol
  • Fixed bug with upgrading *.ascx files when using Upgrade Wizard
  • Fixed bug with generating no PgSqlException for an exception raised inside a stored function
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Fixed bug with inserting 'detail' entities together with 'master' ones for one-to-one associations
  • Fixed bug with 'double' parameters of stored functions
  • Entity Developer:
  • Changed behaviour: when adding two related entities with the corresponding properties having different types, an invalid association is created now
  • Fixed bug with generating incorrect code for models having one-to-one associations with a nullable property at the 'detail' side
  • Fixed bug with generating script with duplicate columns for entities having two fields of the same complex type
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Supported Entity Framework 4.1 Release Candidate
  • Fixed bug with incorrect column name generation on update in case of Timestamp column having Computed StoreGenerationPattern

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.10.121 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Significantly improved performance of prepared commands execution on protocol 3.0
  • Fixed bug with the "The message filter indicated that the application is busy" error during uninstall
  • Fixed bug with DataLink.Find() method
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Implemented implicit sorting by the entity key in queries with defined LoadWith rules
  • Fixed bug with calling the base Devart.Data.Linq.DataContext constructor with the mapping argument
  • Entity Developer:
  • Fixed bug with discarding changes in Navigation Properties names

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.10.111 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Added DDEX support in Express Edition
  • Supported SQL Server Reporting Services x64
  • Fixed bug with resetting CopyLocal property of Devart references to False after using Upgrade Wizard
  • Fixed bug with unicode characters when using Upgrade Wizard
  • Fixed bug with compatibility with Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools (broken designers for WPF, Silverlight, etc)
  • Fixed Visual Studio integration conflict with Windows Phone Developer Tools
  • Fixed bug with backing up composite unique keys with the PgSqlDump component
  • Fixed the overflow when inserting DateTime.MaxDate to the fields of the Timestamp type
  • Fixed bug with using the PositiveInfinity and NegativeInfinity fields of the PgSqlTimeStamp structure in Date columns
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Fixed bug with deserializing LinqConnect exceptions
  • Fixed bug with attaching entities as modified to DataContext
  • Entity Developer:
  • Added sorting in the 'Return Type' ComboBox for methods in the Properties window
  • Fixed code generation for many-to-many associations when the Unidirectional serialization mode is enabled (LinqConnect models)
  • Fixed some bugs in Table Per Concrete Type (TPC) design time support in Entity Framework models
  • Fixed bug with wrong Metadata Artifact Processing setting for Web Site projects in Entity Framework models

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.10.103 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Fixed bug with Functions node in DataSet Wizard
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Fixed bug with setting no reference to the Devart.Data.Linq.Web assembly when adding a DbLinqDataSource object to a web form
  • Fixed bug with retrieving entities participating in a many-to-many association with a composite key
  • Fixed bug with continuing identity tracking for deleted entities
  • Fixed bug with incorrect order of executing create/update/delete commands on SubmitChanges()
  • Entity Developer:
  • Added ConstraintSet property for Constraints in the Store part of the Entity Framework model
  • Added mapping for Function Import result types (Entity Framework v4 only)
  • Changed behaviour: classes created with the Update From Database Wizard are now added to the current diagram
  • Changed behaviour: the 'Update Check' is now set to 'Always' and disabled for properties that form the entity key (LinqConnect models)
  • Fixed bug with wrong Complex Type properties in Stored Procedures
  • Fixed bug with the 'Show Print Markup' button and 'Page Setup' menu item being disabled

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.10.96 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Added BeginTransaction value to the MonitorEventType enum
  • Implemented the DbMonitor.EventQueueLimit property which allows to set the maximal allowed number of messages waiting for being processed by the dbMonitor application
  • Fixed bug with incorrect EventType passed to TraceEvent of DbMonitor
  • Fixed bug with backing up data with PgSqlDump from PostgreSQL servers of version 9.0
  • Fixed bugs with applying the 'Default Command Timeout' and 'Unprepared Execute' connection string parameters to PgSqlCommands created for this connection
  • Fixed bug with throwing no exceptions if an error occurs when leaving the TransactionScope environment
  • Fixed bug with named parameters in Data Design Extensibility (DDEX)
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Fixed bug with repeated creation of DataContexts with external mapping
  • Fixed bug with many-to-many associations based on composite keys
  • Entity Developer:
  • Added possibility to split model into several diagrams for better handling of large models
  • Implemented possibility to disable automatic recognition of many-to-many associations
  • Fixed bug with opening the connection dialog of the Create Model Wizard with Turkish regional settings
  • Fixed bug with handling errors when accessing server via an invalid connection
  • Fixed bug with generating code for methods returning scalar result in Entity Framework models
  • Fixed bug with adding associated tables from the Store part of the model to designer in Entity Framework models
  • Fixed bug with opening models that have invalid connection strings
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Fixed bug with TruncateTime canonical function

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.00.86 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Changed behaviour: setting the DbDataTable.Connection property sets the InsertCommand.Connection, UpdateCommand.Connection, and DeleteCommand.Connection properties
  • Fixed bug with incorrect case of data sources shown in the DataLink.DataSource property when using the Interform technology
  • Fixed bug with establishing SSL connections in the 'Allow' SSL mode
  • Fixed bug with fetching result sets from function which returns multiple cursors
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Fixed bug with incorrect detaching entities in the master/detail association
  • Fixed bug with VB code generation for models with Unidirectional serialization
  • Fixed bug with creating DataContext using external mapping
  • Entity Developer:
  • Fixed bug with many-to-many and Update From Database Wizard
  • Fixed bug with retrieving metadata under a user account with limited privileges
  • Fixed bug with using functions which return void
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Added support for Entity Framework CTP 5
  • Improved DatabaseExists functionality

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.00.69 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Supported Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta
  • Implemented the LocalFailover property and ConnectionLost event of the PgSqlConnection class for processing connection problems
  • Added "Transaction Scope Local" connection string option that enables the support for non-distributed transactions in the TransactionScope implementation
  • Added overloads for methods of DbDataReaderBase class with column name parameter
  • Improved interface in DbLoader class - added string and integer indexers
  • Changed behaviour: when clearing the pool, the number of connections specified in 'Min Pool Size' is never removed
  • Fixed bug with including database name to generated update commands for DataSets
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Implemented support for custom type arguments in LinqConnect compiled queries
  • Fixed bug with redundant subqueries and Order By clauses in commands generated for entities with configured load options
  • Fixed bug with Visual Basic code generation for sequence-generated entity properties
  • Fixed bug with the DataContext.Query method in the case when TResult is not an entity class
  • Fixed bug with the 'The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception' error on severely loaded applications
  • Entity Developer:
  • Fixed bug with the null-reference exception when adding LinqConnect model to web site folders other than App_Code
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Entity Data Model Wizard and Update Model from Database Wizard in Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta supported
  • Improved SQL generation for IN (Entity SQL) and Contains (LINQ to Entities) clauses

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 5.00.58 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Added the 'Validate Connection' connection string parameter to validate connection on its retrieving from pool
  • Fixed bug with validating connections in pool
  • Fixed bug with WebSite projects in Delphi Prism
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Ability to execute DML statements in batches on SubmitChanges added
  • Table Per Type inheritance supported
  • Supported ASP.NET Dynamic Data with ASP.NET Dynamic Data project templates
  • PLINQ support added (connection manager redesigned for thread safety)
  • Supported Visual Studio Debugger Visualizer with SQL syntax highlighting for the DataQuery objects
  • Changed behaviour: retrieving master entity from details one now generates left outer join instead of inner join
  • Entity Developer:
  • Added Update Model From Database functionality
  • Update To Database with Storage Synchronization functionality added
  • Added possibility for changing the UpdateCheck property for several fields at once
  • Added multiselect support for properties
  • Improved large models handling
  • Fixed bug with IndexOutOfRangeException on code generation
  • Fixed bug with keyword quotation in the Source property
  • Fixed bug with Unknown parameter direction
  • Fixed "Cannot find column Position" bug
  • Fixed bug with Visual Basic code generation for stored functions
  • Fixed bug with not loading Master property in Detail entity of master/details associations
  • Fixed bug with mapping One-to-One associations to One-to-Many
  • Fixed bug with Default Value in Entity Framework models
  • Fixed bug with SETOF functions
  • Fixed bug with default editor in Visual Studio
  • Fixed bug with associations that crash Visual Studio
  • Fixed bug with Guid and inheritance
  • Fixed 'Model is not registered' bug
  • Fixed bug with Retrieve Data
  • Fixed bug with incorrect view key generation
  • Fixed some bugs in Team Foundation Server support

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 4.95.190 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Implemented integration with Visual Web Developer 2008 and 2010 Express editions
  • Implemented the BackupQuery method of PgSqlDump for dumping result sets
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Improved transaction behaviour in case when exception is thrown
  • Fixed bug with translating the IIf method in LINQ queries
  • Fixed bug with custom methods in the 'select new' clause of LINQ queries
  • Fixed bug with not loading associated entity when LoadWith is not used
  • Entity Developer:
  • Added validation error in case of non-supported association between Unique keys
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Model First support improved
  • Added more settings in Devart SSDLToPostgreSql.tt file
  • DROP statements generation added
  • Schema name is not generated before each object

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 4.95.180 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Changed behaviour: PgSqlCursor.GetDataReader() returns a reader depending on the FetchAll and FetchSize properties of the command that returned PgSqlCursor
  • Changed behaviour: removed the Database element from the PgSqlDumpObjects enumerator
  • Fixed bug with generating license resource for ILMerged assembly
  • Fixed problem with the 'Unprepared Execute' connection parameter not influencing connections created via DbProviderFactory
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • DataContext class is now CLS-Compilant
  • Fixed bug with DataLoadOptions not working when object tracking is disabled
  • Fixed bug with second-level details loading
  • Fixed bug with creating compiled query using more than three parameters
  • Fixed bug with select queries from tables with no primary key
  • Fixed bug with constraint violation on inserting details before master data
  • Fixed bug with ArgumentException when using System.Nullable.GetValueOrDefault in Visual Basic LINQ queries
  • Fixed bug with incorrect marking of changed fields when using several DataContexts
  • Entity Developer:
  • Added default bindings to entity fields in Insert(Update/Delete) MethodMappings
  • Fixed bug with serializing entities loaded using DataLoadOptions
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Added implementation for the DatabaseExists method

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 4.95.170 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Implemented support for PgSqlLargeObject in PgSqlDump
  • Implemented trimming leading spaces in fixed-length char fields when backing up data with PgSqlDump
  • Added the Constraints element into the PgSqlDumpObjects enumeration
  • Changed the mode of PgSqlScript execution: PgSqlScript is always executed in unprepared mode now
  • Implemented host option for current process in dbMonitor
  • Added possibility for tracing the distributed transactions in DBMonitor
  • Fixed the 'Retrieving the COM class factory for component ... failed' error during installation on x64 machines
  • Fixed bug with Minimal+LINQ installation
  • Fixed bug with Timestamp without timezone parameter when Protocol=2
  • Fixed bug with empty reader for the cursor returned by a stored function
  • Fixed bug with reusing prepared PgSqlCommand
  • Fixed bug with PgSqlLoaderMode.Binary mode when inserting DBNull.Value
  • Fixed bug with the 'Cannot insert multiple commands into a prepared statement' error when using PgSqlScript
  • Fixed bug with PgSqlDump backing up schema to stream
  • Fixed bug with casting 'char(N)' parameters to 'char'
  • Fixed bug with displaying Unicode characters when character set is not specified (Mobile edition)
  • Fixed bug with enlisting ASP.NET provider's activity to distributed transaction
  • Fixed bug with assertion failure on show call tree in dbMonitor
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Fixed bug with editing Entity Key values
  • Fixed bug with IndexOutOfRangeException on the DeleteOnSubmit call
  • Fixed bug on inserting new rows into a table with many-to-many association
  • Fixed bug with fetching records one-by-one from the 'detail' table in master/details relation
  • Fixed bug with retrieving entities of an inherited type
  • Fixed bugs with using the Contains method of empty arrays
  • Fixed bug with the RejectChanges method not working
  • Fixed bug with structs in queries
  • Fixed bug with Command Timeout
  • Entity Developer:
  • Fixed bug with VB Code generation for Associations
  • Fixed bug with Unidirectional serialization mode
  • Fixed design time bug with Referential constraints
  • Fixed bug with generating code for stored procedures with out parameters

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 4.95.152 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Implemented capability of extending base functionality of ASP.NET providers
  • Added support for Enterprise Library 5
  • Added Unprepared Execute connection string parameter
  • Added functionality for creating and using empty PgSqlArrays (CreateEmptyArray and IsEmpty methods)
  • Changed the primary key of the aspnet_sessions table for ASP.NET Web providers (the ApplicationName column added)
  • Fixed bug with creating stored functions using the $ sign
  • Fixed bug with creating connections in Server Explorer
  • Fixed bug with SmallInt parameter in PgSqlCommand
  • Fixed bug with PgSqlDump working in the PgSqlDumpObjects.All mode
  • Fixed bug with DataTable in design time when using DevExpress XtraReport
  • Fixed bug with creating connection in Server Explorer (connections are removed after uninstall now)
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Added implementation of the ITable interface for the Table class
  • Changed DataContext.Log output format for Microsoft compatibility reasons
  • Fixed bug with creating XmlMappingSource object when the File Per Class model property is set to true
  • Fixed bug with IndexOutOfRangeException on the Refresh call
  • Fixed bug with CompiledQueryCache
  • Fixed bug with InvalidCastException on selecting a new anonymous type
  • Fixed bug with FilePerClass and XMLMappingSource
  • Entity Developer:
  • Added possibility of renaming associations in the model
  • Fixed bug with change tracking for inherited tables
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Fixed bug with association mapping in case of inheritance

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 4.95.146 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Fixed bug with membership provider (connection is not opened on Initialize() now)
  • Fixed bug with model registration in web applications
  • Fixed bug with PgSqlDump missing schemas on backup
  • Fixed bug with PgSqlDump backing up sequences
  • Fixed bug with connecting as a user with Unicode name
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL):
  • Improved select performance
  • Improved insert performance
  • Fixed bug with Concat()
  • Fixed bug with the CacheStoreReader and Cast
  • Entity Developer:
  • Fixed bug with column Summary serialization
  • Fixed bug with Visual Basic code generation template
  • Entity Framework support:
  • Fixed bug with the DevartEntityDeploy build action
  • Fixed bug with the unnecessary trigger and sequence generation

New in dotConnect for PostgreSQL Express 4.95.140 (May 22, 2010)

  • Supported password salt in ASP.NET membership provider
  • Improved Upgrade wizard
  • Removed redundant queries on PgSqlDataTable.Open()
  • Fixed bug with Upgrade Wizard on web sites
  • Fixed bug with disposing data table with InterForm ParentRelation
  • Fixed bug with lost InterForm connection
  • Fixed NRE on executing recursive queries with MissingSchemaAction = AddWithKey
  • Fixed bug with changing the type of Domain fields
  • Fixed bug with PgSqlLoader loading floats in the text mode
  • Fixed bug with hashed passwords in Membership provider
  • Fixed bug with case-insensitivity of the PgSqlConnection.UserID property
  • Fixed problems with connecting to PostgreSQL databases of version 8.0 and earlier via the connection dialog
  • Fixed bug with PgSqlLoader.Error event on constraint violation
  • LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to PostgreSQL)
  • LINQ to PostgreSQL support is renamed to LinqConnect
  • Added support for Complex type
  • Added support for different configurable algorithms for primary key generation
  • Automatic configurable compiled query caching supported
  • Performance improved
  • Fixed bug with DbLinqDataSource and RadGrid paging
  • Fixed bug with 'Nop' node translation
  • Fixed bug with empty type in specific Group By clause
  • Fixed bug with ArgumentNullException on DataContext.Query().Contains()
  • Fixed bug with Cast() method
  • Fixed bug with binary primary keys
  • Entity Developer
  • Fixed bug with Properties window
  • Fixed bug with Discriminator property drag&drop
  • Fixed bug on Customization window load
  • Fixed bug with property editor grid updating
  • Fixed bug with Document.Reload
  • Fixed bug with LINQ models on Windows XP 64-bit
  • Entity Framework support
  • Fixed bug with string concatenation
  • Fixed bug with data type mapping in function result set