ComponentSource Topic | dotConnect for MySQL

dotConnect for MySQL 6.50 released

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:52:26 GMT

Accessing MySQL data from within Visual Studio.

Adds Fluent Mapping support in LinqConnect and Enhanced Entity Developer 4.1.

dotConnect for MySQL is a full-featured 100% managed .NET data provider for direct access to MySQL for .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework. The provider can access MySQL server using native MySQL network protocol directly or through MySQL client. dotConnect for MySQL provides functionality for connecting to MySQL database, executing commands, and retrieving results. Supports the latest versions of MySQL, all MySQL data types and Embedded server. Offers SSL connection to MySQL server and SSH client forwarding protocol support and provides stored procedures support for MySQL and returning result sets from stored procedures.

Updates in V6.50

The MySqlDump.HexBlob property for making dump in hexadecimal format for BLOB is implemented
The bug with the resource file in Mobile Samples which are shipped with provider is fixed
The bug with MySqlConnection.Kill() method is fixed

LinqConnect Updates (formerly known as LINQ to MySQL)

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 Updates

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 application 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 behavior: 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

About Devart

Devart is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. They offer well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. They provide advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database servers. Devart is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development processes.

dotConnect for MySQL updated

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:18:10 GMT

Accessing MySQL data from within Visual Studio.

Updates in V6.30

A DbTransactionBase class added
TransactionStateChanging and TransactionStateChanged events added to the DbConnectionBase class
Implemented GetUInt16(), GetUInt32(), GetUInt64(), and GetSByte() methods of the MySqlDataReader class
Policy file for the Devart.Data.MySql.Entity assembly added
License Information Wizard improved: it now generates licenses for projects that have Entity Framework models or refer to Devart.Data.MySql.Web, but have no direct references to Devart.Data.MySql.dll
"Use schema name" checkbox added to the DataSet Wizard
Bug fix: Membership provider compatibility between .NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0
Bug fix: Launching Devart documentation via Start menu
Bug fix: "Bad handshake" exception when connecting to MySQL servers v 5.1.57 and 5.5.12

About Devart

Devart patches dotConnect

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:02:00 GMT

Connecting to an Oracle database with dotConnect for Oracle.

dotConnect for Oracle offers all Oracle data types support, including Oracle XML type, and Oracle object types OBJECT, VARRAY, TABLE, REF, provides extended functionality, ability of monitoring query and stored procedures execution, advanced design-time editors.

dotConnect for PostgreSQL supports .NET Framework with ADO.NET features. To reach high performance the provider uses a native message-based protocol for communication with the PostgreSQL server.

dotConnect for MySQL can access MySQL server using native MySQL network protocol directly or through MySQL client. dotConnect for MySQL provides functionality for connecting to MySQL database, executing commands, and retrieving results. Supports the latest versions of MySQL, all MySQL data types and Embedded server.

Updates in dotConnect for Oracle V6.10

Added DDEX support in Express Edition
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
LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to Oracle)
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 bug with adding Oracle procedures declared inside packages to the model
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

Entity Framework support

Microsoft Generate Database from Model Wizard: Changed Date type to Timestamp type for DateTime properties

Updates in dotConnect for PostgreSQL V5.10

Added DDEX support in Express Edition
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

Updates in dotConnect for MySQL V6.10

Added DDEX support in Express Edition
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 generating commands by MySqlCommandBuilder on Mono

LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to MySQL)

Fixed bug with deserializing LinqConnect exceptions
Fixed bug with creating auto-incremented columns with the DataContext.CreateDatabase method
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
Fixed bug with the Update From Database Wizard showing no changes when connecting under a user account with limited privileges

About Devart

Devart (formerly Core Lab) is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. It offers well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. Devart provides advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers. It is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development process.

dotConnect Oracle validates connections

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:39:00 GMT

Connecting to an Oracle database with dotConnect for Oracle.

Latest release adds Validate Connection string parameter to validate connections from pools.

dotConnect for PostgreSQL supports .NET Framework with ADO.NET features. To reach high performance the provider uses a native message-based protocol for communication with the PostgreSQL server.

Updates in dotConnect for PostgreSQL V5.0, dotConnect for MySQL V5.0 and dotConnect for Oracle V6.0

Added the 'Validate Connection' connection string parameter to validate a connection from a pool
Fixed bug with WebSite projects in Delphi Prism

Updates in dotConnect for Oracle V6.0

Now returns error codes of SocketExceptions thrown on network errors occurring when opening direct connections
Implemented the OracleConnection.PassParametersByName property and the 'Pass Parameters By Name' connection string parameter
Added the 'Number Mappings' connection string parameter that allows to change default mappings of Oracle Number and Float types to .NET number types
Fixed bug setting XMLTYPE fields of Oracle Objects
Fixed bug creating timestamps with Timezone = 14
Fixed bug with DbType.String parameter for long strings (>4000)

About Devart

dotConnect adds VS2010 support

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:22:00 GMT

Defining connection parameters in dotConnect Universal.

Latest editions also feature an improved Install Wizard with automatic uninstall of previous versions..

dotConnect is an enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. dotConnect includes high performance data providers for the major databases and offers a complete solution for developing database-related applications and web sites. With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL, dotConnect introduces new approaches for designing applications and boosts productivity of database application development.

The following editions are available:

Updates in all editions

Supports Visual Studio 2010
Install Wizard improved (ability to automatically uninstall previous version added)

Updates in dotConnect for MySQL V5.70.120

ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 supported
Supported geometry types via Well-Known Binary (WKB) format
Added MySqlConnection.ClearAllPools(bool force) method
Added support for SSH known_hosts file

Updates in dotConnect for Oracle V5.60.120

ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 supported
Added possibility to avoid connecting to dbMonitor.exe when using DbMonitor ancestors
Transaction rollback timeout changed from ConnectionTimeout to DefaultCommandTimeout

Updates in dotConnect for PostgreSQL V4.90.120

ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 supported
Added possibility to avoid connecting to dbMonitor.exe when using DbMonitor ancestors
Changed queries for retrieving metadata to match the escape symbols rules for PostgreSQL 8.4

Updates in dotConnect for SQL Server V2.30.120

Added possibility to avoid connecting to dbMonitor.exe when using DbMonitor ancestors

Updates in dotConnect for SQLite V2.80.120

ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 supported
Added possibility to avoid connecting to dbMonitor.exe when using DbMonitor ancestors
The 3.6.22 version of sqlite3.dll included to the installation package

About Devart

dotConnect for MySQL adds VS2010 support

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:30:00 GMT

Accessing MySQL data from within Visual Studio.

Version 5.70 also features improved Install Wizard plus support for ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2.

Updates in V5.70

Supports Visual Studio 2010
Install Wizard improved (ability to automatically uninstall previous version added)
ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2 supported
Supported geometry types via Well-Known Binary (WKB) format
Added MySqlConnection.ClearAllPools(bool force) method
Added support for SSH known_hosts file

About Devart

Devart (formerly Core Lab) is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. It offers well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. Devart provides advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database servers. Devart is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development process.

dotConnect for MySQL updated

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Connecting to a MySQL database with dotConnect for MySQL.

New version adds improved integration with dbMonitor, DataSet Wizard design-time improvements and more.

Updates in V5.50

Integration with improved dbMonitor added
Added orderid column for Site Map provider for custom map node ordering
Added some DataSet Wizard design-time improvements
Tiny As Boolean parameter added to connection string
Fixed bug with MembershipProvider.GetAllUsers() method
Fixed bug with DataLink.DataSource property after regeneration of DataSet

About Devart

Devart (formerly known as Core Lab) is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. It offers well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. The company provides advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database servers. Devart is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development process.