Devart patches dotConnect

Entity Framework support

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

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.