What's new in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 5.4.0

Nov 15, 2023
  • Added support for RAD Studio 12
  • Added support for PostgreSQL 16
  • Added support for macOS Sonoma
  • Added support PREPARE/EXECUTE commands

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 5.3.0 (Mar 29, 2023)

  • Added support for PostgreSQL 15
  • Added support for RAD Studio 11 Alexandria Release 3
  • Fixed bug with reading fields of type REAL using the Auto protocol
  • Fixed bug with the "Range Check Error" exception when reading BLOB data

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 5.2.0 (Sep 27, 2022)

  • Added support for RAD Studio 11 Alexandria Release 2
  • Added support for the SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS authentication mechanism
  • Added the MultipleConnections connection parameter
  • Improved the performance of opening a connection
  • Fixed bug with international characters in error messages

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 5.1.1 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • PostgreSQL 14 is supported
  • OUT parameters in stored procedures for PostgreSQL 14 are added
  • Fixed bug with Access Violation when table name is not quoted
  • Fixed bug when working with WIN1252 encoding.

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 5.0.1 (Sep 16, 2021)

  • RAD Studio 11 Alexandria is supported
  • macOS ARM target platform is supported
  • Fixed bug with executing stored procedures in PostgreSQL version 8.1 and earlier

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 4.3.1 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • PostgreSQL 13 is supported
  • Bug with Access Violation when reading WideString fields is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 4.2.1 (Jun 10, 2020)

  • RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney is supported

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 4.1.3 (Nov 28, 2019)

  • PostgreSQL 12 is supported
  • Now Trial edition for macOS and Linux is fully functional

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 4.0.2 (Aug 22, 2019)

  • The UuidWithBraces connection parameter that defines whether uuid field values will be returned with or without braces is added

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 4.0.1 (Aug 13, 2019)

  • macOS 64-bit is supported
  • Linux 64-bit is supported
  • Release 2 for RAD Studio 10.3 Rio, Delphi 10.3 Rio, and C++Builder 10.3 Rio is now required

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.10.14 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • RAD Studio 10.3 Rio is supported
  • PostgreSQL 11 is supported
  • PostgreSQL 10.1 is supported

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.9.13 (Apr 19, 2017)

  • RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo is supported
  • Bug with international characters in error messages is fixed
  • Bug with escaping international characters when using protocol version 2 is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.8.12 (Dec 8, 2016)

  • Handling of UUID fields when UseUnicode = True is improved
  • Bug with connection via IPv6 protocol is fixed
  • Bug with incorrect field size is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.8.11 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin is supported.
  • Bug with "Range Check Error" on data inserting is fixed.
  • Bug with displaying international characters in DBExpress 3 is fixed.

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.7.10 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • Bug with AV on calling TSQLDataSet.Close is fixed.
  • Memory leak in the latest Delphi versions is fixed.

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.7.9 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • RAD Studio 10 Seattle is supported.
  • Now Trial for Win64 is a fully functional Standard Edition.

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.6.8 (Apr 22, 2015)

  • RAD Studio XE8 is supported
  • Bug with TWideMemoField data size is fixed
  • Several bugs when using PostgreSQL 8.0 are fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.5.7 (Sep 24, 2014)

  • RAD Studio XE7 is supported

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.4.6 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • RAD Studio XE6 is supported
  • Bug with handling BLOBs when using Protocol 2 is fixed
  • Bug with selecting unicode characters is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.3.5 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • RAD Studio XE5 Update 2 is now required
  • Bug with mapping to BCD fields when using TClientDataSet is fixed
  • Bug with parameters of the ftVariant type is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.3.4 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Rad Studio XE5 is supported
  • PostgreSQL 9.3 is supported
  • IPv6 protocol support is added
  • Bug with an "Invalid password packet size" message in the PostgreSQL log is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 3.2.3 (May 31, 2013)

  • Rad Studio XE4 is supported
  • Assembly registration without .NET SDK installed is improved
  • The 'Unexpected data type 25' error in Delphi 2007 is fixed
  • Rad Studio XE3 Update 1 is now required
  • C++Builder 64-bit for Windows is supported
  • Support for custom mapping of numeric fields with BCD and FmtBCD types is added
  • Rad Studio XE3 is supported
  • Windows 8 is supported
  • Data Explorer is supported
  • dbExpress 4 metadata is supported

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 2.1.3 (Apr 6, 2012)

  • Update 4 for RAD Studio XE2, Delphi XE2, and C++Builder XE2 is now required
  • Bug with setting empty value to the Memo parameters is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 2.1.2 (Dec 29, 2011)

  • Update 2 for RAD Studio XE2, Delphi XE2, and C++Builder XE2 is now required
  • Mac OS X in RAD Studio XE2 is supported
  • PostgreSQL 9.1 is supported
  • Multiple schema definition in the SchemaName driver option is supported
  • Reading the Bytes data type as Hex is supported
  • Bug with time zone for time and timestamp data types is fixed
  • Bug with posting the Bytes data type with UnpreparedExecute=True is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 2.0.1 (Nov 7, 2011)

  • Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2 is supported
  • Application development for 64-bit Windows is supported
  • FireMonkey application development platform is supported
  • dclcrdbxXXX.dcp is added to installation
  • UUID data type is supported

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.40.13 (Nov 7, 2011)

  • Bug with set RowSetSize in Delphi XE is fixed

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.40.12 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Improved performance
  • Added Application Name support (for PostgreSQL 9.0 and higher)
  • Now the DBXERR_INVALIDUSRPASS error code is returned on connection establishing with invalid user name or password
  • Fixed bug with FetchAll=False

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.30.11 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Added the ProtocolVersion option
  • Improved performance of INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and SELECT queries that return few records
  • Fixed compatibility with PostgreSQL 7.4
  • Fixed bug with rollback transaction after failed commit

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.30.10 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Embarcadero RAD Studio XE suppored

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.10.9 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Fixed bug with the SchemaName parameter

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.10.8 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Added support for dbMonitor 3
  • Added CursorWithHold extended driver option to use FetchAll=False mode without transaction
  • Added SkipTransError extended driver option which allows atomatic rolling back for errors in transaction

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.10.7 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Fixed bug with fetching BLOB data for Delphi 2010

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.10.6 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010 suppored
  • Fixed several bugs related to using the driver with Datasnap componets

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.10.4 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Added UnprepareExecute extended driver option which allows simple execution of statements
  • Added DetectParamTypes extended driver option, and fixed bug with detection of parameter data types
  • Fixed bug where BCD was not enabled by default
  • Fixed problem with EnableBCD option and NUMERIC fieds with no precision specified
  • Fixed exception on disconnect caused by DBMonitor check
  • Fixed bug with processing PG_MSG_EMPTY_QUERY_RESPONSE

New in dbExpress driver for PostgreSQL 1.10.3 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Fixed access violation when using queries with parameters
  • Fixed bug with reading large objects with size more than 64 Kb