NET Data Access Layer Changelog

What's new in NET Data Access Layer 5.21.0.0

Jul 29, 2022
  • Fix Object Reference Error for Xamarin Forms.

New in NET Data Access Layer 5.20.0.0 (May 20, 2022)

  • Fix for CountRecordsInTable for some versions of Oracle.

New in NET Data Access Layer 5.18.0.0 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • Fix for reading app.config files under Resharper and MSTest.

New in NET Data Access Layer 5.11.0.0 (Dec 18, 2021)

  • Fix for OleDb reference error in .NET Framework version.

New in NET Data Access Layer 5.00.0.0 (Dec 7, 2021)

  • Now compatible with:
  • .NET Core 2.0 and higher,
  • Mono 5.4 and higher,
  • Xamarin.iOS 10.14 and higher,
  • Xamarin.Mac 3.8 and higher,
  • Xamarin.Android 8.0 and higher,
  • Universal Windows Platform 10.0.16299 and higher,
  • Unity 2018.1 and higher,
  • .NET 5, and .NET 6.

New in NET Data Access Layer 4.15.0.0 (Nov 8, 2021)

  • Fix for GetPrimaryKeyColumnsForTable for MySqlProvider.

New in NET Data Access Layer 4.12.0.0 (Dec 11, 2020)

  • The PostgreSQL provider now supports bpchar.

New in NET Data Access Layer 4.0.0.0 (Feb 17, 2020)

  • Now compatible with VistaDB Version 6. Support for one to one foreign key constraints. Fix when there is a circular reference for automap. Fix for foreign key self reference for entity trees.

New in NET Data Access Layer 3.14.0.0 (Nov 3, 2019)

  • Now supports indexes for tables and columns with spaces in the name.

New in NET Data Access Layer 3.13.0.0 (Nov 3, 2019)

  • Builds for .NET Framework 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, and 4.8.

New in NET Data Access Layer 3.00.0.0 (Aug 30, 2018)

  • Many new features were added for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL Firebird, SQLite, VistaDB, Microsoft Access, and PostgreSQL. New features: automatically creates foreign key constraints, automatically creates indexes for foreign keys, support for indexes with attributes, huge performance increase for LoadWithChildren and LoadAllWithChildren, support for MySql Version 8, support for Firebird Version 3, new methods SyncTableFromEnum, IndexExists, CreateIndex, GetIndexesForTable, ForeignKeyExists, GetAllConstraints and IsFileBasedDatabase.

New in NET Data Access Layer 2.10.0.0 (May 3, 2017)

  • New features, support for SQL Server sql_variant type
  • Unique constraint for SQL Server has been added
  • Unique key support has been added for VistaDB and SQL Server

New in NET Data Access Layer 2.06 (Aug 10, 2016)

  • A simple demo in VB.NET was added. The NuGet package now includes the help file.

New in NET Data Access Layer 2.04 (Aug 10, 2016)

  • Builds for .NET Framework 4.5.2 and 4.6. The library remains 100% managed code but is now compatible with COM.

New in NET Data Access Layer 2.03 (Dec 16, 2015)

  • More descriptive error messages when missing parent keys. This also fixes an internal caching issue for multiple namespaces with the LINQ provider.

New in NET Data Access Layer 2.00 (Dec 16, 2015)

  • Major feature; provider for PostgreSQL.
  • New methods LoadWithChildren, LoadWhere, LoadOne overload with where clause.
  • New name value parameter support for simpler calling.
  • Support for special directories for file based databases such as current directory, application data, and my documents.
  • Record hook events for Before Insert, Before Update, Before Delete, After Insert, After Update, and After Read.
  • Fix for joining a parent of a child.
  • A super simple demo is now included.
  • Correction for time not being saved for MS Access.
  • Added help for connection strings and joins.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.23 (May 12, 2014)

  • Fix for Bit type mapping for MySQL.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.21 (May 12, 2014)

  • Better explanation of primary key defaults in the help file. Fix for Pluralization issue with SchemaInfo. Removed bad semi colon for MS Access Create Table. Corrected bug when the primary key is the last item in the object.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.18 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • New build for .NET Framework 4.5 and 4.5.1.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.17 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • By customer request, LoadPageWithChildren has been implemented.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.15 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • By customer request, the library handles one to one relationships where the key names do not match.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.12 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • By customer request, LazyLoading has been added. Some minor defects have also been fixed.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.10 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • By customer request, an OpenCloseWrapper has been added for wrapping operations for a connection. Help file for LINQ was also expanded.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.09 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • New help topics for using the ODBC and OLEDB providers, creating a custom provider. A VB.NET namespace synchronization issue was also fixed.

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.06 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • This release contains a number of bug fixes, enhancements, and help file expansion.Critical bug fixes; MVC Session Issue, Class Generation Issue for SQL Server bit and smalldatetime. New features; support for Stored Procedure Output Parameters, table schema attribute, ability to specify a default schema. Help for Database First Approach, Code First Approach and No Approach. Help for Setup method, help for overriding mappings at run time, help for specifying the schema and overriding the schema at run time,

New in NET Data Access Layer 1.02 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • By customer request, there is is now a Quick Start in the help file for VB.NET users. There is now a Basic Tasks VB.NET section of the help file with a large number of VB.NET examples. There are no code or feature changes for this release.