OraDirect .NET History

4.60.33 23-Apr-08

Supported Visual Studio designers for Entity Framework
Improved Entity Framework run time support
Fixed bug with user identification in session information in Mobile edition
Fixed bug with OracleDataTable.Load and ROWID fields
Fixed bug with OracleConnection.GetServerList and names ending with "WORLD"

4.50.32 04-Apr-08

Fixed bug with inherited forms in Interform links
Fixed bug with invalid LOB locator in Direct mode
Fixed bug with DbDataTable.RowFetched event in asynchronous mode
Fixed bug with Analysis provider design time

4.50.31 19-Mar-08

Fixed bug with licensing in Delphi for .NET and RAD Studio 2007
Fixed bug with reading BLOB value
Fixed bug with OracleQueue in Direct mode
Fixed bug with disposing OracledataReader in proxy connections
Fixed bug with null cursor parameter in Direct mode
Fixed bug with OracleDataSource designer

4.50.30 26-Feb-08

Added DB server-based data paging for ASP.NET applications
OracleDataSource design time improvements
ASP.NET demo pack added
Oracle ANYDATA type supported
OracleSelectStatement.TryParse method added
OracleXml class now can work without a connection
DataLink.DataSource property can refer to another DataLink component
Fixed bug with executing Entity Framework queries
Fixed bug with DbDataTable and some visual controls
Fixed bug with DbDataTable.FillPage method
Fixed bug with assigning OracleTimeStamp value to OracleObject attribute

4.35.29 13-Feb-08

Fixed bug with OracleDataReader.GetValue for REF CURSOR field
Fixed bug with seconds fraction of OracleIntervalDS
Fixed bug with generating schema in EDM Wizard

4.35.28 18-Jan-08

Fixed bug with OracleDataReader.GetString for XMLTYPE field
Fixed bug with DbDataTable.Clone and expression columns
Fixed bug with DDEX in Visual Studio 2008
Fixed bug with mobile projects when OraDirect .NET Mobile is not installed
Fixed bug with reading empty LOBs in Direct mode

4.35.27 20-Dec-07

Visual Studio 2008 supported
Entity Framework Beta 3 supported
Added Licensing Information dialog

4.30.26 13-Dec-07

Fixed bug with compiling web applications in CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
Fixed bug with DataSet Wizard when editing standard DataSets
Fixed bug with OracleDate format when converting it to string
Fixed bug with overflow in conversion from decimal types to OracleNumber

4.30.25 19-Nov-07

Oracle version 11g supported
Fixed bug with filling DataSet asynchronously
Fixed bug with hidden columns in DataSet Wizard
Fixed bug with DataSet generator
Fixed bug with .NET Entity Framework support
Fixed bug with licensing in multithreaded applications

4.25.24 05-Nov-07

Fixed bug with schema generator for .NET Entity Framework
Fixed bug with case sensitive names in DbDataTable.ParentRelation

4.25.23 26-Oct-07

.NET Entity Framework Beta 2 supported
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 supported
Added Visual Basic versions to CRM, WinForms, and Web samples
Fixed bug with fetching LONG fields
Fixed bug with OracleQueue component and multi-consumer queues
Fixed bug with CLOB parameters in Direct mode
Fixed bug with editing filtered and sorted DbDataTable
Fixed bug with design time editors of DbDataTable.ParentRelation
Fixed bug with editing relation resultset with DataLink
Fixed bug with building Refresh SQL when TableMappings are used
Fixed bug with converting large OracleDate to string
Fixed bug with editing OracleConnection in design time

4.20.22 18-Sep-07

Bug with truncating procedure name in Unicode mode fixed
Bug with Oracle objects in Unicode mode fixed
Bug with Enterprise Library missing in the installation fixed
Bug with license on OraDirect .NET Mobile fixed
Bug with Visual Studio 2005 integration fixed
Bug with OracleDataTable design-time fixed
Bug with DataSet Wizard fixed
Bug with InterForm design time fixed

4.20.21 04-Sep-07

Bug with OracleDataTable component designer fixed
Bug with creating typed DataSet from stored procedure fixed
Bug with OracleObject attributes in Unicode=true mode fixed
Bug with updating OracleRef objects fixed
Bug with OracleDataSet.ReadXml method fixed

4.20.20 30-Aug-07

Supported Visual Studio codename Orcas Beta 1
Supported .NET Entity Framework
Supported Proxy Authentication
Supported OCI Pooling
Enhanced command builder with generation of row refresh statements
Added detailed warning information to OracleInfoMessageEventArgs class
Added DbCommand.GetRecordCount() method to determine rows count of a request
Added INullable interface for provider specific types
Improved LOBs performance in Direct mode
Added capability to store connection strings in application settings
Improved integration with OraDeveloper Tools
Extended drag'n'drop capabilities in DataSet Manager
Add-in menu moved to Visual Studio package
Demo projects reorganized
Added CRM (Customer Relationship Management) demo project
Added Ping demo project for Mobile Edition

4.00.14 30-May-07

Bug with OracleConnection in Mobile Edition fixed
IFILE clause supported in OracleConnection.GetServerList method
Bug with OracleObject attribute values fixed
Bug with DbDataSet.ReadXml() fixed
Bug with closing IDbDataReader in DbDataTable fixed
Bug with OracleSelectStatement fixed

4.00.13 03-May-07

Application development enhancement

Added DataSet Manager to control dataset instances in the project
Added DataSet Editor for convenient datasets manipulation
New OracleDataSet class to use with OracleDataTable
New component DataLink added for flexible data binding
New capabilities added to OracleDataTable class
Added capability for cross-form components cooperation
Design time visualization extended
Supported addin, DataSet Wizard, and OraDeveloper Tools integration with Borland Developer Studio

.NET 2 features

Added OracleDependency class to support Database Change Notification
Added OracleDataSourceEnumerator class to support Server Enumeration feature
Added support for Batch Update in OracleDataAdapter
Added support for returning provider-specific types in OracleDataReader and OracleDataAdapter

Advanced Oracle features

LOBs and Oracle Objects now entirely support the disconnected model
Supported Oracle Advanced Queue technology
New OracleAlerter component added
New OraclePipe component added
New OracleTrace component added
Oracle Client Software x64 supported
Added support for custom UDT classes
Added support for IN and IN/OUT REF CURSORs
OracleDataAdapter now supports sequential fetch
Added new class OracleGlobalization for managing culture settings

Other features

SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Solutions supported
Added OracleSelectStatement class for building SELECT statements
Added list of servers in connection form and connection properties
Added OracleLoader.LoadTable method
Added DbLoader class that serves to load external data into database
Added OraDirect .NET information to Visual Studio 2005 splash screen and About box
Base level classes moved to the new assembly CoreLab.Data.dll
New demo projects added
Bug with handling broken connections in connection pool fixed
Bug with InputOutput VARCHAR parameters fixed

OraDeveloper Tools 2.00 improvements

Added PL/SQL and SQL script debuggers
Added a project management framework for bookmarking related scripts and organizing database developments
Enhanced SQL Editor with context-sensitive code completion, code navigation, incremental search, and more
Enhanced working with data, including possibility to print data directly from data editor
Added search in object data and source code
Added an extensive collection of SQL and PL/SQL code templates
Completely redesigned Security Manager for controlling user accounts
Added a Session Manager for controlling and analyzing user sessions
Added an Event Monitor for exchanging signals between database connections
Extended Oracle schema object support, including support for XML Schemas, Materialized Views, and Materialized View Logs

3.55.17 22-Dec-06

Bug with Visual Studio 2005 integration fixed

3.55.16 14-Dec-06

Bug with installation fixed

3.55.15 12-Dec-06

Windows Vista support added

3.50.14 01-Nov-06

Bug with creating DataSet from stored procedure in DataSet wizard fixed
Bug with case-sensitive UserName, Email, ApplicationName, RoleName in Web providers fixed
Bug with removing items in OracleSessionStateStore provider fixed
Bug with error message when decryption key is not defined in OracleMembershipProvider fixed
Bug with DataSet Wizard on x64 platform fixed
Memory leak with Oracle Client 8.0.6 fixed

3.50.13 21-Sep-06

Integration with Visual Studio 2005 Standard edition supported
Bug with handling broken connections in connection pool fixed
Bug with generating OracleArray parameters with Package wizard fixed
Bug with updating table using public synonym fixed
Bug with processing error on creating users with Membership provider fixed
Bug with getting property values with Profile provider fixed
Bug with processing error on adding users to roles in Role provider fixed
Bug with OracleObject attributes with nested OracleRef fixed

3.50.12 23-Aug-06

Data Design Extensibility (DDEX) features supported for Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition

3.50.11 30-May-06

Bug with fetching BFILE fixed
Bug with processing warnings during fetch operation fixed
Bug with errors processing with DML array parameters fixed
Bug with VARCHAR2 output parameters in Unicode=true fixed
Bug with describing Oracle types with recursive links fixed
Bug with filling REF objects to DataSet fixed
Bug with fetching ROWID fields fixed

3.50.9 17-Apr-06

Implemented advanced integration with Visual Studio 2005, including Server Explorer, Data Source wizard, TableAdapter configuration, Query Builder and configuring web component SqlDataSource
ASP.NET 2.0 providers added: Membership Provider, Profile Provider, Role Provider, Session State Provider
Capability to call OraDirect .NET runtime assemblies by partially trusted code added
DataSet Wizard added
Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block support added
Mono support added
Borland Delphi 2006 support added
Added streaming support for OracleScript
OraDeveloper Tools installation separated from OraDirect .NET installation
OracleConnection.Client version now returns four digits
Licensing for applications that call OraDirect .NET through DbProviderFactory added. This allows to use OraDirect .NET in SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Solutions
Bug with OracleConnection.GetServerList fixed
Bug with OracleParameter.this[int] and null elements fixed
Bug with BreakExec in Direct mode fixed
Bug with Package generation wizard fixed
Bug with returning string parameters when Unicode=true in Direct mode fixed
Bug with OraclePackage.DescribeProcedure fixed
Bug with setting empty parameter in connection string fixed
Bug with parameters regenerating in OracleDataAdapter editor fixed
Migration wizard design enhanced
Bug with OracleMonitor messages in Visual Studio Output window fixed
Bug with statement caching fixed

3.20.7 02-Feb-06

Bug with licensing fixed
Bug with returning NULL PL/SQL table parameter fixed
Bug with OracleTransaction.Dispose() fixed
Bug with OracleDataReader on Oracle 10g fixed
Bug with national characters in command text when Unicode=true in Direct mode fixed

3.20.6 28-Dec-05

Supported .NET Framework 2.0 release version
Supported Visual Studio 2005 release version
Compact .NET Framework 2.0 supported
Bug with detecting unique indexes in schema table fixed
Bug with application information in session view in direct mode fixed
Bug with closing connection after network error in direct mode fixed
Bug with Oracle 10g Standard and Instant client homes fixed
Bug with updating ROWID fields fixed
Bug with boolean parameters in stored procedure fixed
Bug with detecting error offset in direct mode fixed
Bug with detecting parameters in SQL with comments in direct mode fixed
Bug with processing warnings during fetch operation fixed
Default value for OracleCommandBuilder.QuotePrefix set to '"'
Bug with inserting empty array to BLOB field fixed
Bug with exception messages in OraDirect .NET Mobile fixed
OracleParameter now returns DBNull.Value for NULL result
Bug with describing TIMESTAMP parameters of stored procedure in Direct mode fixed

OraDeveloper Tools improvements (Professional edition only)

Database export/import
Script support
Stop execution feature
Execution of the selected SQL fragment feature
Data Export feature
Dynamic data viewing of the tables and views in DbExplorer
Paginal data access mode
LOB viewer/editor
Database object search
Duplicate object feature
DDL generation wizard
Data grid colors customizing

3.01.5 28-Oct-05

Sample projects for OraDirect .NET Mobile added
Bug with length of DML array parameters fixed
Bug with reading LOB parameters fixed

3.01.4 17-Oct-05

Bug with OracleMonitor and warning messages fixed
Bug with BLOBs in Direct mode fixed
Performance improved in working with Oracle Object types
Bug with using OraDirect .NET in CLS-compliant projects fixed

3.01.3 19-Sep-05

Native exception in OraDirect .NET Mobile fixed
Bug with OracleDataReader.IsDBNull() for LONG fields fixed
Bug with result of OracleCommand.ExecuteNonQuery fixed
Bug with result BLOB parameter in strored procedure fixed
Bug with national charsets in Direct mode fixed
Bug with returning parameters in stored procedures fixed
Bug with stored procedure name in CommandText fixed

3.01.2 29-Jul-05

Bug with VARCHAR fields fixed in Direct mode
Bug with LONG parameters fixed
Bug with failed connections in connection pool fixed
Bug with Prepare event in OracleMonitor fixed
Bug in Database Connection Properties dialog with direct mode is fixed
Bug with describing table storage options is fixed

3.01.1 11-Jul-05

OracleCommandBuilder.UpdatingFields property added
OracleLoader now inherits from DbLoader class
Bug with GetRowId on Oracle client 8.1.7 fixed
Bug with RECORD return parameters of stored proc fixed
Bug with OracleConnection.ClientVersion fixed
Bug with finalization of OracleDataReader in direct mode fixed
Bug with retrieving procedure parameters on Oracle 7 fixed
Bug with OracleDate parameters on Oracle 7 fixed
Bug with Long parameters on Oracle 7 fixed

3.00.0 03-Jun-05

Access to Oracle server without Oracle client software with Direct mode
Support for .NET Compact Framework added with Mobile edition
OracleDataTable component greatly enhanced with OracleObject and Arrays advanced data binding and update capabilities
New functionality added to OracleScript component
Oracle warning support added to OracleConnection.InfoMessage event
Interface enhanced for OraclePackage component
Publisher policy file added for versions compatibility
Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 added

Design-time tools are completely revised, extended and called OraDeveloper Tools (Professional edition only)

Visual editors for Oracle schema objects added
Query Builder tool rewritten and improved
SQL editor tool improved
Execution plan visualization tool added
Ability to drag connections, tables and stored procedures from DbExplorer to Form Designer added
Component designers more tightly integrated with OraDeveloper Tools

2.50.1 11-May-05

Bug with Loader fixed
Bug with OracleConnection.ChangePassword fixed
Bug with VARCHAR fields in Unicode mode fixed
Bug with OracleTimestamp precision fixed

2.50.0 06-Jan-05

Support for .NET Framework 2.0 added
Support for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Beta 1
Borland Delphi 2005 support added
Support ADO.NET 2 features including:
- Support for metadata schemas added
- The Base-Class-Based provider model used
- Connection pooling enhancements functionality added, that allows you to programmatically "drain" the connection pool
- New OracleConnectionStringBuilder component to build connection strings to represent data sources
Documentation enriched

2.40.4 08-Oct-04

Bug with OracleObject OUT parameters fixed
Bug with passing NULL values for OracleObject datatype
Bug with OracleCommand executing when behavior is SingleResult and parameter is REF CURSOR fixed

2.40.3 28-Sep-04

Bug with TableMappings generation for REF CURSOR fixed
Bug with transaction support fixed
Bug with OracleParameter CodeDOM serialization fixed

2.40.2 17-Aug-04

Bug with NCLOB charsets fixed
Bug with OracleArray.Clear method fixed
Bug with Unicode mode fixed

2.40.1 30-Jul-04

Bug with NUMBER parameters fixed
Bug with fetch NCLOB values fixed
Bug with fetch LONG values fixed

2.40.0 21-Jul-04

Performance increased
New component OracleDataTable added
New methods for asynchronous working added
Support for paginal access to query result added
Support for multiple ExecuteReader added
Retrieve ROWID to dataset 'ROWID' column added
Parameter editor extended for Array and Tables datatypes
Datatype conversions ability extended for OracleParameter.Value
Bug with NCLOB parameters fixed
Bug with LONG values in PL/SQL tables fixed
Bug with OracleException message retrieving fixed

2.30.2 18-May-04

OracleLoader performance was increased
Using PL/SQL RECORDs as stored proc parameters bug was fixed

2.30.1 14-May-04

Memory usage is optimized to fetch VARRAY datatype
Oracle10g homes bug fixed
Decsribing Object members bug fixed

2.30.0 30-Apr-04

Oracle 10g support
Multiple home environment
XMLType support
Supports BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE types
Oracle 10g Instant Client support
Dynamic fetch size feature added
Statement caching (Oracle 10g only)
Transparent Application Failover (TAF) support
Overloaded stored procedures
RECORD data type as parameters type
Schema table for REF cursor's and nested tables
Working with VARRAY and TABLE data types as native .NET array types
OracleDataReader.HasRows property added
OracleCommand.GetRowId method for native Oracle ROWID
OracleCommand.Cancel method supported
OracleError and OracleErrorCollection for Array Binding errors
OraclePermission class and attribute added

2.01.1 04-Mar-04

Oracle NUMBER to Decimal conversion bug fixed
VARRAY inside Oracle object types was fixed
Searching Oracle client library order was changed to correspond PATH environment variable value

2.01 12-Feb-04

Support for Borland Delphi 8 added
Support for Borland C#Builder 1.0 added

2.00.7 06-Feb-04

Bug with Oracle objects fixed

2.00.6 22-Jan-04

New method GetOracleValue for retrieve native Oracle values added
Bug with Oracle objects describe fixed
Bug with schema table fixed

2.00.5 24-Nov-03

Bug with nested tables was fixed
Performance execution inside non-default domain was increased

2.00.4 29-Oct-03

Bug with loading design-time classes was fixed

2.00.3 22-Oct-03

Bugs with Oracle 8.1.7 server was fixed
Bugs with Oracle 8.0.5 server was fixed

2.00.2 10-Oct-03

Connection string editor added
Bug with UNICODE connection parameter fixed
Bug with PL/SQL Table parameters fixed

2.00 03-Oct-03

Fully rewritten 100% managed code
Available Standard and Professional editions
Support Oracle 9i types such as TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL
Support Oracle object types OBJECT, VARRAY, TABLE, REF
Native classes and structures to represent Oracle types
Connection pooling support
Unicode support added
Array binding feature support
PL/SQL tables support
Fill DataSet with several REF CURSOR
OS authentication enabled
DBA privileges to open a session with
Controlling automatic commit data for the connection
Enables changing expired password
Transaction savepoints support added
Optimization fetching data with OracleCommand.FetchSize property
Getting offset of the error in SQL statement
OraDirect .NET help integrated into Visual Studio .NET
XML documentation for code completion added
Migration wizard from MS OracleClient and ODP.NET Data Providers
Typed Oracle package wizard
Support for Borland C#Builder added
New sample applications added

1.55 24-Jun-03

Visual Studio .NET 2003 support added
Property editors for OracleCommandBuilder.KeyFields and OracleCommandBuilder.UpdatingTable added

1.50 11-Feb-03

New component OracleScript added. Serves to execute series of SQL statements separated by special symbols, like SQL*Plus scripts
New component OracleLoader added. Serves to load external data into the Oracle database. Uses direct path load interface to speed up loading
New component OracleMonitor added. Allows to monitor dynamic SQL execution in applications that use OraDirect .NET. Extended monitoring capabilities are provided with DBMonitor application
New component OraclePackage added. Provides access to packages stored in Oracle database
OracleConnection.Home property added to support Oracle Homes
OracleConnection.Error event added
OracleConnection.GetServerList() static method added
Performance greatly increased
Designer form for OracleDataAdapter component setup added
OracleCommand component designer functionality extended
Typed dataset generation mechanism enabled for OracleDataAdapter
Automatic component registration (in toolbox) mechanism added
OraDesigner, OraExplorer, OraBuilder and OraDebugger are now embedded into OraDirect .NET
BlobPictures, Loader, Pictures, StoredProc samples added
Visual Basic .NET samples added
Many bugs fixed

1.20 17-Jul-02

ASP.NET sample project
MasterDetail sample project
UnloadedAppDomain bug fixed
Special characters in connect string bug fixed
Statement handle not executed bug fixed (1212)

1.12 13-Jun-02

SchemaInfo bug fixed (1230)
OracleConnection [@name.globalname] connection string bug fixed (1322)
OracleCommand.CommandText property editor added
Design-time bug with sp describe fixed (1134)
References to extensibility and envdte removed from OracleDesign (1152)
Design-time execution bug with not caught exception fixed (1123)
WaitCursor for design-time describe added (1208)
OraTools version added to About form (1231)

1.10 15-May-02

DataSet sample project
DataReader sample project
Table sample project
"Designer..." verb added to OracleConnection ComponentDesigner
Add-in bug with help menu fixed

OracleCommand editor form

tables and stored procedures list is accessible from additional ComboBox
removed from taskbar
some interface bugs fixed: anchors bug, parameter list bug
out parameter values are available on execute now

1.00 09-Apr-02

First release of OraDirect .NET 1.00