dotConnect for PostgreSQL History

4.90.102 Beta 04-Mar-10

Supported Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate
ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2 supported
Added possibility to avoid connecting to dbMonitor.exe when using DbMonitor ancestors
Fixed bug with TimeStamp fields loaded by PgSqlLoader in Binary mode

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Fixed bug with nullable boolean and null comparison

Entity Developer

Support for ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 Release Candidate added
Improved Find in Model functionality

Entity Framework support

Supported ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 Release Candidate

4.85.97 Beta 17-Feb-10

Fixed bug with licensing in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 projects
Fixed bug with array of UDT as a PgSqlCommand parameter
Fixed bug with exception in License Information window
Fixed bug with PgSqlDataSource parameters

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Fixed "Cannot access a disposed object" error
Fixed bug with "select new"
Fixed bug with insert of autoincremented values
Fixed bug with Count and IGrouping

Entity Developer

Fixed bug with "Trial period expired" on 64-bit Windows
Fixed the "MSL Parsing failed" problem on some model opening
Fixed bug with Read Only attribute

Entity Framework support

Fixed bug with EndsWith method

4.85.90 Beta 08-Feb-10

Supported Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2
Install Wizard improved (ability to automatically uninstall previous version added)
Fixed bug with multiple rows constraint generation

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Added support for XML type
Fixed bug with NotImplementedException and IGrouping.Count
Fixed the problem with group by and ordering
Fixed bug with exception on the master-detail insert
Fixed bug with Int32 instead of Int64

Entity Developer

Support for ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 Beta 2 added
Support for multi-result set methods added
Improved dialogs for editing model objects
Full integration with Visual Studio implemented
Added full support for ModificationFunctionMapping
Strongly typed reference cursors supported
Fixed bug with Storage attribute setting
Fixed bug with OtherKey attribute setting
Fixed bug with model opening in case of manual association edit
Fixed bug with Generate related property check box

Entity Framework support

Supported ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 Beta 2
- Support for new Canonical aggregate and scalar functions added
- Ability to use standard DBMS functions in LINQ queries added
- Support for Model First (templates for DB generation) added
- Full support for Entity Data Model Wizard/Update Wizard added

4.65.79 14-Jan-10

Added support of "inet" PostgreSQL type in SQL Server Data Transformation Services
Supported parameterized commands in Reporting Services
Supported stored procedures with cursors in reporting projects
Fixed bug with inability to "Copy data from one or more tables or views" in SQL Server Import and Export Wizard
Fixed bug with non-complete uninstall of dotConnect

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Added support for the UUID type
Fixed the "Destabilize the runtime" problem

Entity Developer

Fixed bug with incorrect updating of the Project Explorer root node names

Entity Framework support

Fixed bug with EntitySQL BigCount function

4.65.62 16-Dec-09

Fixed bug with empty exception message

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Changed exception type on the Single method not returning value
Fixed bug with redundant quering of the nullable association end
Fixed bug with DataContext.CommandTimeout

Entity Developer

Fixed bug with 'Generate Related property' serialization

Entity Framework support

Unprepared execution is supported

4.65.57 02-Dec-09

Entity Developer

Fixed bug with the Custom.After.Microsoft.Common.targets file appending
Fixed bug with inheritance and primary keys

4.65.54 19-Nov-09

Integration with improved dbMonitor added
Implemented Ping method in PgSqlConnection class
Added orderid column for Site Map provider for custom map node ordering
Added some DataSet Wizard design-time improvements
Changed default behaviour of DataSet generation: if index is set as an expression, this index will be ignored
Fixed bug with MembershipProvider.GetAllUsers() method
Fixed bug with DataLink.DataSource property after regeneration of DataSet

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Devart DbLinqDataSource added
Linq performance improved
Supported navigation using properties (not only keys)
Fixed issue with removing entities from EntitySet
Fixed bug with EntitySet onAdd action
Fixed bug with void functions
Fixed bug with updating the detached object
Fixed the security problem in medium trust environment
Fixed bug with functions returning SETOF

Entity Developer

New T4 like template engine with powerful editor added
Updated code generation
- Ability to generate separate files for classes added
- Entity Framework Pregenerated Views support added
- Improved null handling code generation
Ability to execute LINQ and Entity SQL queries with data and native sql preview added
Ability to preview and edit data displayed in Database Explorer added
Table splitting added (emulation of deferred loading for "large" datatypes in EF)
OnDelete support for associations added
Corrected the setting of Source and Table attribute for non-database objects
Fixed bug with attach_Entity methods
Fixed bug with access and inheritance modifiers for properties
Fixed bug with out-parameters of stored procedures
Fixed bug with LINQ to SQL code generation for out-parameters
Fixed bug with procedures returning nullable types

Entity Framework support

Fixed bug with CommandText in case of stored procedures
Fixed bug with out parameters in stored procedures

4.55.49 19-Oct-09

Added SchemaTable property to DbDataTable
Added Enlist parameter to connection string

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Fixed bug with the Attach() method
Fixed bug with updating the associated entities
Fixed the "Constant cannot be sequence" error
Fixed bug with populating DataContext.GetCommand().Parameters collection
Fixed bug with Single() method
Fixed bug with "order by" clause

Entity Developer

Fixed bug with wrong IDE configuration path
Fixed bug with VS template
Fixed bug with model placed in non-root project folder

4.55.44 24-Sep-09

Implemented Default Command Timeout property in PgSqlConnectionStringBuilder class
Fixed bugs in DataSet Wizard with Web Service projects
Fixed bug with licensing projects using wizard in nested folders of solution
Fixed bug with timestamp without time zone field value inexact retrieving
Fixed bug with SSL mode in Mobile version

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Suported DeleteOnNull attribute of association and changed default behaviour (DeleteOnNull=false now)

Entity Developer

Added support for EF Precision and Scale facets
Improved MS EDM Designer compatibility
Fixed bug with using Entity Developer in Web Site projects

Entity Framework support

Added support for Byte and SByte types
Added support for XML type
Increased performance for StartsWith, Contains and EndsWith methods

4.55.42 04-Sep-09

Unprepared query execution is supported
Fixed bug with licensing Startup projects
Fixed bug with using String.Format function computed at client side

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Fixed bug with using objects from different contexts
Fixed bug with String.IsNullOrEmpty() function

Entity Developer

Added design time support for some EF facets
Enabled adding Schema name as prefix
Fixed bug with the connection reopen on refresh

Entity Framework support

Fixed bug with non-superuser connection

4.55.39 06-Aug-09

TransactionScope supported
Added some installation command line options
Fixed bug with dotConnects and dbForge Fusion integration
Fixed bug with returning NULL instead of empty string in PgSqlCommand
Fixed the "SSL socket not connected" bug

Entity Developer

Fixed bug with Entity Set pluralization naming rule
Fixed bug with EntitySet property deserialization
Fixed bug with Source property for the added classes
Fixed bug with connection string quotation for the standalone projects
Fixed bug with the serialization of property accessors

4.55.37 14-Jul-09

Visual Studio 2010 Beta supported
The behavior of ConnectionTimeout corrected
Additional SSL paremeters: SslCACert and SslKey added
ASP.NET Web Providers: Added requiresUniqueEmail functionality
Fixed bug with DDEX when retrieving metadata from tables in PostgreSQL

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Added support of the String.IsNullOrEmpty() method
Fixed bug with nested LoadWith() methods on the query level
Fixed bug with inserting parent and several child entities in one InsertOnSubmit() when keys are db-generated
Fixed bug with the AssociateWith() method and VB.NET
Fixed several bugs with Group By clause
Fixed bug with Count()
Fixed bug with Navigation Properties

Entity Developer

Advanced mapping with Entity Framework QueryView supported
Added dialogs for suitable storage model editing
Displaying of Navigation properties on diagram and project explorer implemented
Ability to change properties order added
Ability to edit Referential constraints added
Ability to set OnDelete action added
Ability to set Rows Affected parameter added
Added advanced search on the model
Added support for storing connections in the configuration files
Added Entity Set Pluralization Naming Rule
Fixed bug with namespaces
Fixed bug with invisible OK button in Association Editor
Fixed bug with <edmx:*> tags
Fixed bug with XML Comments serialization

4.50.33 21-May-09

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Added support for DataContext.CommandTimeout property
Added support for CompiledQuery
Fixed bug with the ExecuteCommand() method
Fixed bug with Distinct and count symultaneous usage
Fixed bug with DevExpress 9 integration
Fixed bug with insertion to the table with single autoicrement column
Fixed bug with the SelectMany() method

Entity Developer

Fixed some code generation bugs

4.50.29 28-Apr-09

Added PgSqlAlerter class to handle LISTEN/NOTIFY commands
Supported binary mode in PgSqlLoader
New database object types supported in PgSqlDump
Added PgSqlArray class to support PostgreSQL ARRAY data type
Added support for SSL connections
Added PgSqlLargeObject class to support PostgreSQL large objects

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Supported extended errors processing
Supported DataLoadOptions class and Include method for tuning data loading
Supported DeferredLoadingEnable functionality
Supported function import
Supported stored procedures as insert/update/delete behavior
Supported user-defined functions in selection part of a query
Supported CreateDatabase() and DeleteDatabase() methods
Supported SqlMethods class
Supported returning new Dictionary from query
Fixed bug with OnValidate()
Fixed bug with associations based on non-Primary keys
Fixed bug with SingleOrDefault and BLOBs
Fixed bug with update of entities that declare a version member
Fixed bug with ArgumentException in the Contains() method

Entity Developer

Supported Entity Framework
Supported stored procedures and functions for LINQ to SQL
Added naming rules for database objects
Added Visual Studio integration
Stability and performance improvements
Validation schema improved
Entity Framework Complex Type supported
Entity Framework Storage Model editing supported
Many-to-Many associations retrieving added
Usability improvements

4.00.26 02-Apr-09

Fixed bug with DataSet stored procedures mapping
Fixed bug with PgSqlDataTable.Load(IDataReader)
Fixed bug with serialization in C++ projects

4.00.22 16-Feb-09

Fixed bug with reading GUID values
Fixed bug with DbDataTable in WPF applications
Fixed bug with binding DbDataTable to ComboBox in Mobile Edition
Fixed bug with Detail command in DbDataSet ParentRelation

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Fixed bug with refreshing field values
Fixed bug with inserting several entities with autogenerated key

4.00.20 14-Jan-09

Fixed bug with .NET Compact Framework 3.5 support
Fixed bug with parsing command text that contains symbols @, :, and ?

Entity Framework support

Fixed bug with parameter type mapping

LINQ to PostgreSQL

Fixed bug with Table.Attach function
Fixed bug with inserting and deleting entities with an associations
Fixed bug with supporting parameters IsDbGenerated, IsVersion, UpdateCheck, CanBeNull in ColumnAttribute
Fixed bug with refreshing key fields when an association is present

4.00.16 05-Dec-08

Fixed bug with GetByte method and Integer type fields
Fixed bug with null value of EntityRef field in LINQ to PostgreSQL
Fixed bug with Queriable.Cast to interface type in LINQ to PostgreSQL
Fixed bug with submitting changes in DbDataTable on WPF
Fixed bug with duplicate column mapping
Several bugfixes in design time

Entity Framework support

Fixed bug with casting numeric values

4.00.12 13-Nov-08

PostgreSQLDirect .NET renamed to dotConnect for PostgreSQL
Supported LINQ to PostgreSQL
Added Entity Developer for LINQ to PostgreSQL
Added free Express Edition with basic connectivity features
Supported UUID type
Supported REF Cursors
Support for .NET Framework 1.x is discontinued
Fixed bug with commented tables in DataSet Designer
Fixed bug with importing large amount of tables in SSIS
Fixed several bugs in DataSet Wizard

Entity Framework support

The MONEY type is now mapped to System.Double
Supported special character type "char"
Fixed bug with data retrieval in custom mapping
Fixed type mapping in models with inherited entities
NULLs can now be used in typed expressions

3.75.33 26-Sep-08

Fixed bug with UniqueConstraint generation in DataSet Wizard
Fixed bug with wrong AllowDBNull mapping in DataSet Wizard
Fixed bug with wrong Relation generation after changing column mapping

3.75.32 09-Sep-08

Fixed bug with Preview Data in DataSet and DataAdapter components when data exceeds the System.Decimal's scale

Entity Framework support

Supported views in EDM Wizard
Now objects in edmx models can be named without the database prefix
Improved object sorting and grouping in EDM Wizard

3.75.31 29-Aug-08

Fixed bug with context menu in the DataSet Manager

Entity Framework support

EDM Wizard now can work with several schemas
Supported Entity SQL canonical functions: Left, Year, Month, Hour, Minute, Second, Millisecond
Fixed bug with updating entities in concurrency mode

3.75.30 20-Aug-08

Supported .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
Supported Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1
Implemented GetGuid(), GetByte(), and GetChar() methods in PgSqlDataReader

Entity Framework support

Supported inserting, updating, and deleting entities with stored procedures
Supported user-defined PL/pgSQL functions that return REFCURSOR
Supported user-defined PL/pgSQL functions that return unspecified row type
Supported user-defined SQL queries as functions in SSDL
Supported Create Function Import dialog
PostgreSQL type UUID is now mapped to System.Guid
PostgreSQL type ENUM is now mapped to System.String
PostgreSQL types TIME, TIME WITH TIME ZONE, and INTERVAL are now mapped to System.TimeSpan

3.70.29 18-Jul-08

Fixed bug with connection strings from app.config and Server Explorer
Fixed bug with DataSet Wizard in Visual Studio 2008
Unified provider name in Visual Studio 2008 (Devart.Data.PostgreSql instead of Devart.Data.PostgreSql.Entity)
Fixed bug with executing queries with comments

Entity Framework support

Supported StoreGeneratedPattern attribute with values Identity and Computed (PostgreSQL version 8.2 and above)
Fixed bug with simultaneous usage of Skip() and Take() methods
Fixed type mapping in EntityKey.EntityKeyValues

3.70.28 25-Jun-08

Connection strings from web.config are now available in Visual Studio 2008 design time
Improved PgSqlDataSource design time capabilities

3.70.27 04-Jun-08

Fixed bug with dotConnect for PostgreSQL Data Provider missing in the EDM wizard
Fixed bug with inserting a row in DbDataTable when a filter is enabled

3.70.26 29-May-08

Supported .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta
Supported Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta
Improved support for ADO.NET Entity Framework

3.50.25 19-Mar-08

Fixed bug with licensing in Delphi for .NET and RAD Studio 2007

3.50.24 26-Feb-08

Added DB server-based data paging for ASP.NET applications
PgSqlDataSource design time improvements
ASP.NET demo pack added
PgSqlSelectStatement.TryParse method added
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

3.30.23 20-Dec-07

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

3.25.22 13-Dec-07

Improved compatibility with PostgreSQL server version 8.3
Fixed bug with the PgSqlDataAdapter.Fill method in Mono
Fixed bug with compiling web applications in CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
Fixed bug with samples
Fixed bug with DataSet Wizard when editing standard DataSets

3.25.21 20-Nov-07

Fixed bug with PgSqlDataReader.GetSchemaTable method when executing stored functions
Fixed bug with filling DataSet using PgSqlDataAdapter with TableMappings
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

3.25.20 05-Nov-07

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

3.25.19 25-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 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 editing PgSqlConnection in design time
Fixed bug with columns containing question mark
Fixed bug with serial and bigserial fields in Integration Services Project
Added scheme creation SQL statements to dump text

3.20.18 19-Sep-07

Bug with Enterprise Library missing in the installation fixed
Bug with Visual Studio 2005 integration fixed
Bug with PgSqlDataTable design time fixed
Bug with DataSet Wizard fixed
Bug with InterForm design time fixed

3.20.17 04-Sep-07

Bug with PgSqlDataTable component designer fixed

3.20.16 30-Aug-07

Supported Visual Studio codename Orcas Beta 1
Supported .NET Entity Framework
Added support for x64 architecture
Enhanced command builder with generation of row refresh statements
Added DbCommand.GetRecordCount() method to determine rows count of a request
Added INullable interface for provider specific types
Added capability to store connection strings in application settings
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

3.00.10 19-Jun-07

Bug with fetching big numeric types fixed
Bug with changing serial records
Bug with Membership.GetNumberOfUsersOnline() method fixed
Bug with MembershipUser.IsOnline property fixed

3.00.9 30-May-07

Bug with DbDataSet.ReadXml() fixed
Bug with closing IDbDataReader in DbDataTable fixed
Bug with 7.x server relations in DDEX fixed
Bug with TIMESTAMP and TIME fields on some Linux servers fixed
Bug with PgSqlDataReader.GetSchemaTable() fixed
Bug with PgSqlSelectStatement fixed
Bug with PgSqlDump.Backup() fixed

3.00.8 13-Apr-07

Application development enhancement

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

.NET 2 features

Added PgSqlDependency class to support Database Change Notification
Added PgSqlDataSourceEnumerator class to support Server Enumeration feature
Added support for Batch Update in PgSqlDataAdapter
Added support for returning provider-specific types in PgSqlDataReader and PgSqlDataAdapter

Other features

SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Solutions supported
Added PgSqlSelectStatement class for building SELECT statements
Added PgSqlTimeStamp class to represent TIMESTAMP and DATE types
Added list of hosts in connection form and connection properties
Added PgSqlLoader.LoadTable() method
Base level classes moved to the new assembly Devart.Data.dll
New demo projects added
Added DbLoader class that serves to load external data into database
Added dotConnect for PostgreSQL information to Visual Studio 2005 splash screen and About box
Bug with SQL expressions in SELECT statements fixed
Bug with creating Table Adapters with dotConnect for PostgreSQL DataSet Wizard fixed

2.55.25 01-Mar-07

Bug with using stored functions in UPDATE/DELETE/INSERT commands of TableAdapter in DataSet Designer fixed
Bug with using stored functions with unnamed parameters in Server Explorer fixed

2.55.24 25-Jan-07

Bug with installation on Vista x64 edition fixed
Bug with retrieving password in PgSqlMembershipProvider fixed
Bug with creating DataSet with tables and relations through DDEX fixed

2.55.23 12-Dec-06

Windows Vista support added

2.50.22 24-Nov-06

Bug with case-sensitive UserName, Email, ApplicationName, RoleName in Web providers fixed
Bug with removing items in PgSqlSessionStateStore provider fixed
Bug with error message when decryption key is not defined in PgSqlMembershipProvider fixed
Bug with adding a request with parameters to DataAdapter in DataSet fixed
Bug with creating Update and Delete commands for DataAdapter in DataSet fixed
Bug with reading out data in FetchAll=false mode fixed
Bug with handling broken connections in connection pool fixed

2.50.21 19-Sep-06

Data Design Extensibility (DDEX) features supported for Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
Fixed bug with PgSqlCommandBuilder for queries with FROM ONLY clause

2.50.20 08-Sep-06

Data Design Extensibility features included in Standard Edition of dotConnect for PostgreSQL
Fixed bug with Visual Studio integration
Fixed bug with converting NULL DateTime values
Fixed bug with connection after command timeout error

2.50.19 23-Aug-06

Fixed bug with filling DataSet with Interval type data
Fixed bug with retrieving relations in DataSet Wizard

2.50.18 04-Aug-06

Fixed bug with DataSet Wizard
Returned metadata structure for PgSqlConnection.GetSchema has been changed
Fixed bug with PgSqlDataAdapter.BatchUpdateSize initial value (was 0)
Fixed bug with infinity and -infinity DateTime values
Fixed bug with PgSqlDataReader.GetSchemaTable
Fixed bug with converting C++ samples in Visual Studio 2005
Bug with creating Table Adapters with dotConnect for PostgreSQL DataSet Wizard fixed
Bug with SQL expressions in SELECT statements fixed

2.50.17 25-Jul-06

Fixed bug with using stored functions in Data Source Wizard
Fixed bug with mapping NULL columns in parameters
Fixed bug with processing empty string fields

2.50.16 22-May-06

Bug with Initial Schema parameter in ConnectionString for .NET Framework 1.x fixed
Fixed bug with PgSqlConnection.GetSchema for "Indexes" and "Groups" arguments
Fixed bug with getting int2vector and oidvector values
Fixed bug with using stored functions in DataSource Wizard

2.50.15 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
DataSet Wizard added
Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block support added
Mono support added
Borland Delphi 2006 support added
EnterpriseDB Postgre SQL Server supported
Provider invariant name changed
Added streaming support for PgSqlScript
Added list of Frequently Asked Questions
Bug with setting empty parameter in connection string fixed
Bug with fetching oidvector values for PostgreSQL 8.0 and later fixed
Bug with finalizators fixed
Bug with licensing in Std version for .NET2 Framework fixed
Bug with .NET and .NET2 versions compatibility fixed
Bug with mixed case in database objects names fixed
Bug with parameters regenerating in PgSqlDataAdapter editor fixed
Bug with DataSet generator fixed

2.40.14 08-Feb-06

Bug with licensing fixed
Bug with PgSqlCommand.FetchSize property fixed
Fixed broken links to documentation
Incompatibility issues with .NET Framework and Mono fixed

2.40.13 20-Dec-05

Supported .NET Framework 2.0 release version
Supported Visual Studio 2005 release version
Supported PostgreSQL server 8.1 release version
Supported Pervasive Postgres SQL server
Compact .NET Framework 2.0 supported
Added support for InputOutput parameters
Bug with update from NULL value in Preview Data form of DataAdapter fixed
Precision of PgSqlInterval class increased due to bigger maximal days number

2.20.12 17-Oct-05

NULLs are not treated as empty strings on data fetch any more
Bug with generating dataset schema in case of multiple columns with the same name fixed

2.20.11 12-Oct-05

Bug with generating dataset schema fixed

2.20.10 30-Sep-05

Composite types supported
Tested with Mono Framework
Bug with PgSqlConnection.GetSchema() method fixed
Bug with setting transaction isolation level fixed
Bug with updating fields with user defined types fixed
Bug with converting double type values fixed

2.11.9 29-Jul-05

Bug with generating update commands on quoted table names fixed

2.11.8 01-Jul-05

PgSqlCommandBuilder.UpdatingFields property added
Devart.Data.PostgreSql.PgSqlLoader now inherits from Devart.Common.DbLoader
Bug with reading unicode characters fixed
Bug with TEXT type column size fixed
Bug with generation update commands for geometric type columns fixed

2.10.7 08-Jun-05

Bugs with values conversion fixed

2.10.6 30-May-05

Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 added
Publisher policy file added for versions compatibility
Bug with cross-database reference in PgSqlCommandBuilder fixed
Bug with integer values conversion in PgSqlDataReader fixed
Bug with precision in interval values fixed

2.10.5 28-Apr-05

Bug with Unicode strings for PostgreSQL 7.2 fixed
Bug with "Bit" type values fixed

2.10.4 12-Apr-05

Bug with fetching "Bit" type values in binary format fixed
Bug with getting count of bytes in PgSqlDataReader.GetBytes() method fixed
Bug with named parameters for stored procedures fixed

2.10.3 30-Mar-05

Performance increased
Output parameters support added
"DefaultValue" column in GetSchemaTable() result added
Bug with PgSqlException serialization fixed
Bug with timestamp type fixed
Bug with upper case database name fixed
Bug causing memory leaks on server fixed

2.00.2 25-Feb-05

Bug with GetSchemaTable for PostgreSQLDirect server version 7.2 fixed
Bug with numeric type conversion fixed
Bug with CommandBehavior fixed
Bug with PgSqlCommand.Prepare fixed

2.00.1 09-Feb-05

Support composite types(row types) result set in stored procedures
Bug with GetSchemaTable fixed
Bug with timestamp converting fixed
Bug with PgSqlLoader fixed
Bug with PgSqlDump fixed

2.00.0 24-Jan-05

Support for .NET Framework 2.0 added
Support for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Beta 1
Support for Borland Delphi 2005
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 PgSqlConnectionStringBuilder component to build connection strings to represent data sources
PostgreSQL 8.0 support added
Support for transferring data in binary format added
PgSqlInterval type added
Performance increased due to using binary format of transferring data for protocol 3.0 and optimizing data conversion for protocol 2.0
PgSqlConnection.AutoCommit is obsolete (not supported since server version 7.4)

1.85.3 07-Dec-04

Bug with quoting fixed

1.85.2 29-Nov-04

Bug with notification messages fixed
Bug with PgSqlDump.QuoteIdentifier fixed
Bug with interval types conversion fixed
PgSqlException deserialization constructor added

1.85.1 22-Oct-04

PgSqlCommand.InsertOid property added
Bug with prepared statements fixed
Bug with BLOB distortion fixed
Bug with geometry types fixed
Bug with loader fixed
Bug with type conversion fixed

1.85.0 22-Sep-04

Support for multiple ExecuteReader added
New component PgSqlDataTable added
New methods for asynchronous working added
Support for paginal access to query result added
Support for command timeout added
Bug with connection timeout fixed

1.80.1 02-Jul-04

Bug with connection pooling fixed
Bug with component deserialization for Compact Framework fixed
Bug with timestamp types conversion fixed
Bug with connect to PostgreSQL server 7.2 fixed
Bug with special chars in command parameters fixed

1.80.0 07-Jun-04

Support for Compact Framework added
PgSqlDataReader.HasRows property added
Support for connection timeout added

1.70.0 17-May-04

PostgreSQL 7.4 protocol was supported
Full PostgreSQL 7.4 error information
Native PostgreSQL 7.4 parameters and unnamed parameters added
Unicode property was added to PgSqlConnection class
Charset property was added to PgSqlConnection class
AutoCommit property was added to PgSqlConnection class
FetchAll property was added to PgSqlCommand class
New component PgSqlScript added
New component PgSqlLoader added
New component PgSqlDump added
Connection pooling was improved
C++ sample added

1.51.0 12-Feb-04

Support for Borland Delphi 8 added

1.50.4 26-Jan-04

Bug with custom update commands in DataAdapter was fixed

1.50.3 22-Jan-04

Bug with Migration Wizard was fixed

1.50.2 09-Jan-04

Fixed bug with update quoted table names
Bug with update tables with multiple key fields was fixed
Database name was removed from table name inside automatic generated updates

1.50.1 23-Dec-03

Fixed bug with generating automatic updates
Bug with MD5 authentication was fixed
GetSchemaTable from multiply SELECT queries added
Fixed bug with Fill dataset from multiply SELECT queries

1.50.0 18-Dec-03

PostgreSQL 7.4 support
Support for connection pooling added
MD5 and Crypt user authentication methods available
GetSchemaTable with full KeyInfo added
Batch execution of multiply SELECT statements enabled
New structures and classes for geometric and LOB types were added
New component PgSqlMonitor was added
Enhanced connection editor enabled
Documentation integrated into Visual Studio .NET
XML documentation for code completion added
New sample applications added
Support for Borland C#Builder added

1.10.4 04-Nov-03

Bug with hanging up PgSqlDataReader on attempt to call Close() method after all data was fetched fixed

1.10.3 23-Oct-03

Fixed bug with closing connection before data reader was closed
PgSqlDataReader.Close() method call not necessary if all data was fetched
Bug with insert NULL values was fixed
Bug with connection pooling was fixed
Bug with fetch large number of date datatype fields was fixed

1.10.2 15-Oct-03

Performance was greatly improved
Invalid date format bug was fixed

1.10.1 14-Jul-03

Bug with large fetch data was fixed

1.10 24-Jun-03

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

1.00 10-Apr-03

First release of dotConnect for PostgreSQL data provider