dotConnect for DB2

dotConnect for DB2 History

This page lists the functionality added in each version of dotConnect for DB2. To view the full changelog including bug fixes, consult the dotConnect for DB2 revision history.

New features in dotConnect for DB2 3.0

The current build is 4.1.21 from 06-Jun-2024

Windows 11 is supported.
Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 is supported.
Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 Preview is supported.
Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 Preview is supported

Entity Developer:

64-bit version of standalone Entity Developer application is added.
64-bit version of console Entity Developer application is added.

Entity Framework

Entity Framework Core 3.1.25 is supported.

New features in dotConnect for DB2 2.6

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 Preview 2.0 is supported
SQL Server Integration Services 2019 (SSIS 2019) is supported
Additional mode of parameter substitution in the query in the SSIS Data Flow Source component: substitution as is, without escaping
The behavior is changed: pool is automatically cleared when AppDomain is being closed
The SendCallStack property is added to the Devart.Common.DbMonitor class for possibility to turn off resource-demanding logging of CallStack
The Filter property is added to the Devart.Common.DbMonitor class for possibility to choose events being logged
The Devart.Common.DbMonitor class is improved: now values of the DateTime parameters sent to the dbMonitor tool are supplemented with milliseconds
SQL validation in Devart DB2 Source Editor is improved in SSIS project: Int and Double parameters are now quoted to avoid "syntax error" hover text
The new command line option /disablegac that disables adding assemblies to GAC is added

Entity Developer

Command-line interface is implemented in a standalone Entity Developer
The new property Context Name is added to Model Properties in EF Core Model
The new property Target Framework is added to Model Properties in EF Core Model
The new option "Execute procedures for result set detection" is added to Model Settings of EF Core Model to control obtaining metadata of a procedure or function result set
The new option "Use NULL parameter values" is added to Model Settings of EF Core Model to specify whether NULL parameter values are used for stored procedure execution
The new option "Add complex types to diagram" is added to Model Settings of EF Core Model to control behavior of Create Model Wizard and Update Model From Database Wizard
The new option "Add new complex types to the current diagram" is added to Update Model From Database Wizard of EF Core Model
The new Primitive Default Value Generation property is added to EF, EF Core templates to determine whether to generate initialization for a primitive property based on database DEFAULT column value
The new property Collection Property Type is added to EF template "DbContext" and EF Core template "EF Core" to determine .NET type used as a property type for the Many end of associations
The new property Collection Initialization Type is added to EF template "DbContext" and EF Core template "EF Core" to determine .NET type used for initialization of the Many end of association; if it is set to None, then no initialization is generated
The new property "Nullable Reference Types" is added to C# templates of EF, EF Core models to specify whether C# 8 nullable reference types and non-nullable reference types must be generated
The new partial method is added to the OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) method generated by DbContext template of EF model
The new property Validation Framework is implemented in the Data Transfer Object template for generating DataAnnotations attributes
The new option "Save connection to" is implemented in Model Settings of EF Core Model to provide the ability to store the connection string in "Model file", "Entity Developer storage", "Environment variable"
The new option "Enum Output" is added to the EF Core template to specify output for the generated enums
The new property Generate UnitOfWork Repository Properties (by default, True) is implemented in the Repository and Unit Of Work template of EF Core Model for accessing the collections of entities
The representation of one-to-one association with non-nullable properties on both ends is changed from 1 -> 1 to 0..1 -> 1 on a diagram in EF Core Model
Console Entity Developer improvements:

Import of stored procedures and functions via Create-Model command is supported
The new options --Procedures and --Functions are added to Create-Model command for filtering stored procedures and functions; by default all procedures/functions are imported
The new option --Execute is added to Create-Model command for executing procedures/functions to get metadata from result set
The asterisk symbol (*) is supported in --Tables and --Views parameters of Create-Model to include all objects

The DbProviderFactories registration is implemented in Create Model Wizard for EF6 models and .NET Framework provider assemblies
The new property Target Framework is added to Create Model Wizard and Model Settings of EF6 models
The new options "Private setter for store generated properties" and "Constructor parameter" are added to Model Settings in EF Core for controlling visibility of setter for store generated properties
The new options "Don't show this message again" in the prompt window and "Prompt before generating code when there are model validation warnings" in the menu Options are implemented in a standalone Entity Developer to provide the ability not to stop code generation by warnings
The new extended property Do Not Generate Default Constructor is added to EF Core Model for model, classes, and complex types
The new extended property Do Not Generate Mapping is added to EF Core Model for class properties
The JSON (Newtonsoft.Json, Microsoft.Text.Json) and YAML (YamlDotNet) serializations are supported in EF Core (via EF Core template) and EF6 (via DbContext template)

The new template property Serialization Library is added for specifying the library used for serialization
The new template property Serialize Original Column Names is added for controlling the appearance of original column names in serialization
The new template property Serialize Navigation Properties is added for controlling the appearance of navigation properties in serialization
The new template property Serialize Null Value is added for managing the behavior of nullable properties
The new extended property Do Not Serialize is added for properties and navigation properties to exclude them from serialization
The new extended property Serialization Name is added for properties and navigation properties to set custom names in serialization

The Data Transfer Object template is improved:

The new template property Serialization Library is added for specifying library used for serialization, possible values are Data Contract, JSON (Newtonsoft.Json), JSON (Microsoft.Text.Json), YamlDotNet
The new extended property Do Not Serialize is added for properties and navigation properties to exclude them from serialization
The new extended property Serialization Name is added for properties and navigation properties to set custom names in serialization
The behavior is changed: WCF Data Contract Attributes is set to False by default now

The following properties are marked as obsolete:

the Generate Data Contracts property of the EF Core template
the Do Not Generate Data Contract Attribute extended property of navigation properties in EF Core Model
the WCF Data Contract Attributes property of the DbContext and Data Transfer Object templates
the WCF DataMember Attribute on Navigation Properties property of the DbContext and Data Transfer Object templates

The behavior is changed: the definition of auto-implemented property is put now on the single line with

C# DbContext template of Devart Entity Model when ImplementINotifyPropertyChanging=False and ImplementINotifyPropertyChanged=False and PropertyChangePartialMethods=False
C# EF Core template of Devart EF Core Model when PropertyChangeNotifiers=False and PropertyChangePartialMethods=False

The EF Core model deserialization is improved: Entity Developer shows the full list of detected errors and tries to load the model with invalid elements or ignores such elements if their deserialization is not possible
The behavior for the new EF, EF Core models is changed: Primitive Default Value Generation is set to Literal now instead of LiteralOrExpression
The behavior is changed: the names of system types are generated without "System." prefix now in EF Core models; for example, it is DateTime instead of System.DateTime
The behavior is changed: only one confirmation for executing a stored procedure is requested by Entity Developer when dragging the stored procedure from Database Explorer to Model Explorer or diagram surface
The behavior is changed: now the EF Core template generates an additional partial class for the context class when "File Per Class" and "Generate Partial Class" are set to True
The provider registration is improved: requirement to put provider registration entry in the config file is not obligatory anymore
Create Model Wizard is improved: now it allows installing multiple NuGet packages on the final step
Model file tree in .NET Core / .NET Standard projects is improved: all generated code files and model files are nested under the same node in Solution Explorer
The error message in console Entity Developer is improved: now the text includes the list of all available templates if the specified name of template was incorrect
The Model Refactoring functionality is supported for classes in EF Core Model
The new attribute DisplayName is implemented for model objects' extended properties which are available via template properties
The new options --ContextNamespace and --DefaultNamespace are added to the Create-Model command of Console Entity Developer
The new extended model property Base Context Type is added for specifying a parent class for the generated context in EF Core Model
The new extended properties Base Type for complex types and Base Complex Type for model are implemented in EF Core Model
The %type name% keyword is supported in the Base Type extended property of entities and complex types, and in Base Complex Type, Base Entity Type, Base Context Type extended model properties for setting generic base type in EF Core Model
The new hotkey Alt+E is implemented in Property Editor for opening Column Editor in EF Core Model
Code generation is improved: RelationalIndexBuilderExtensions.HasDatabaseName is generated now instead of RelationalIndexBuilderExtensions.HasName in EF Core 5
Display names of extended properties in EF Core Model are updated: Entity Base is renamed to Base Type in class properties, Entity Base is renamed to Base Entity Type in model properties, Context Base is renamed to Base Context Type in model properties
The behavior is changed in a standalone Entity Developer: by default the Target Framework model property in EF Core Model is set to .NET 5 instead of .NET Framework
The behavior is changed in Entity Developer embedded into Visual Studio: lower versions in the EF Core version property of Model Settings are not hidden any more
The behavior is changed in EF Core Model: QueryType=True is set now for all classes without PK
The behavior of the Regenerate Storage and Mapping functionality in EF Core Model is changed: the NOT NULL attribute of the column is reset to undefined now; after that, the behavior depends on the Nullable attribute of the class property only
C# code generation is improved: the using directives are generated instead of full namespaces in the names of attributes for DataAnnotations, NHibernate Validator, and Enterprise Library validation frameworks
Code generation is improved: OnModelCreating(modelBuilder) of the base class is invoked now if the Base Context Type property of EF Core Model is initialized
The new extended property Use Generic DbContextOptions Constructor Argument is added to model properties of EF Core Model
The new extended property Do Not Generate Constructor With DbContextOptions Argument is added to model properties of EF Core Model
The model validation is improved: the errors are generated for all entities with QueryType=True in EF Core Model when EF Core version=EF Core 1 in Model Settings

Entity Framework

Entity Framework 6.4.4 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.1 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.3 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.8 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.9 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.10 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.11 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.12 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.13 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.15 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.16 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.17 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.19 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.20 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.21 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1.22 is supported
Mapping of System.Decimal to DB2 DECIMAL with specified precision and scale in EF Core 5 is supported
The definition of System.ICloneable is removed from .NET Framework assembly \Entity\EFCore3\Devart.Data.DB2.Entity.EFCore.dll
The EF6 provider registration used with .NET Framework compliant assemblies is improved: the [DbConfigurationType(typeof(DB2EntityProviderServicesConfiguration))] attribute set for DbContext descendant allows now calling the DbContext constructor, that accepts a connection string, with no need to register a custom IDbConnectionFactory implementation
The new metadata to describe autoincremental columns via annotations in EF Core Code-First Migrations are implemented
The .ToString() call for numbers, DateTime/DateTimeOffset properties and values in LINQ queries in EF Core is supported
The call of Convert.ToString(value) in LINQ queries in EF Core is supported
The translation of the DateTime.AddMinutes() method in LINQ query into SQL statement in EF Core is supported
The DB2Functions class, which allows using DB2-specific functions in LINQ to Entities, is supported in EF Core

New features in dotConnect for DB2 2.5

Entity Framework

Entity Framework 6.4 is supported
Entity Framework Core 3.1 is supported
The new \Entity\EFCore3\Devart.Data.DB2.Entity.EFCore.dll assembly compiled with EF Core 3.1 and .NET Framework 4.6.1 is added
The new config.CodeFirstOptions.TruncateAllLongNames option (default value is False) is added to use EF Core 2/EF Core 3 implementation for truncating long names of columns and PK/FK/IX/UX
The config.DatabaseScript.ForeignKey.IndexCreation configuration option is supported in EF Core 1/EF Core 2/EF Core 3

New features in dotConnect for DB2 2.4

Visual Studio 2019 is supported
Deprecated design-time Synchronous API calls are no longer used with Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2017
The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported by Devart DataSet Manager
The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported by Devart DataSet Editor
The integration with Visual Studio 2019 is improved: now the installation detects both 2019 Release and 2019 Preview versions

Entity Developer

The ability to disable generation of the byte order mark (BOM) in the beginning of code files in a standalone Entity Developer is implemented
The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported
The Self-Contained Entity Configuration property is added to VB.NET version of EF Core template
The Entities Configuration Output property is added to VB.NET version of EF Core template
The code generation for the class properties with Alternate Key=True by VB.NET version of EF Core template is supported in EF Core model
The DbContext template is improved: precision and scale for database types are generated now in EF4/EF5/EF6 models when Fluent Mapping=True and Mapping Generation Strategy=UseAttributes
The behaviour is changed: a plural form of names ending with "s" now has a longer version (for example, status -> statuses)

Entity Framework

Entity Framework Core 2.2.4 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.2.6 is supported
The SQL generation in case of config.QueryOptions.UseCSharpNullComparisonBehavior=true in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 is improved

New features in dotConnect for DB2 2.3

Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate 4 is supported

Entity Developer

Entity Framework Core 2.1 is supported

Query type support is added: classes now have the Query Type property, and if it is set to true, this class is generated as a query type
Lazy loading for Entity Framework Core 2.1 is supported:

Model now has the Use Lazy-Loading Proxies property, which enables lazy loading on the model level
Navigation properties now have the Lazy property, which enables lazy loading for a specific navigation property

Properties now have the Constructor Parameter property, for configuring a parameterized constructor of the class
An additional constructor that accepts DbContextOptions as an argument is added to the DbContext class descendant in the VB.NET version of the DbContext template for EF Core.

The "Include Environment Variables" property, determining whether context configuration will be extended with environment variables when a connection string from the appsettings.json file is used, is added to the EF Core template
The "Json File Base Path" property, specifying the base path for file-based providers when a connection string from the appsettings.json file is used, is added to the EF Core template
Using an extended property of type OutputInfo is supported
Code generated for nullable properties is simplified: now T? is generated instead of System.Nullable<T>
The new Generate GeneratedCode Attributes option (by default, False) is added to the DbContext template in EF4/EF5/EF6 and the EF Core template
The new Generate Dummy Comments option (by default, False) is added to the DbContext template in EF4/EF5/EF6
The code generation of a default value for the String property mapped to the column with a default value, that contains a unicode literal with N-prefix, is supported in EF and EF Core
The multiple select functionality in EF Core Model is improved: now it allows setting PrimaryKey, ValueGenerated, Concurrency for several properties simultaneously

Entity Framework

Entity Framework Core 2.1.1 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.1.2 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.1.3 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.1.4 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.2.1 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.2.3 is supported
The bit-wise functions OR, AND in EF Core are supported
The .HasComputedColumnSql functionality for the CreateTable operation in EF Core Code-First Migrations is supported
The new extension method Database.IsDB2() in EF Core 2 is implemented
The translation of single-char literal into SQL statement in EF Core is supported
The SQL translation of the following method overloads, that accept the StringComparison argument and return bool, in the System.String class is supported in EF Core 2: Contains, StartsWith, EndsWith, Equals
The misleading "The current provider does not support ambient transactions." warning, generated by TransactionScope in EF Core 2.1, is disabled
The behavior is changed: the default value of config.QueryOptions.UseCSharpNullComparisonBehavior is true now in EF Core

New features in dotConnect for DB2 2.2

Visual Studio 2017 is supported
The CancelEditRowIfUpdateFailed property, determining whether to call CancelEdit for the row after update of the row is failed when data binding is used, is added to DB2DataTable
The type of the Offset and Length properties of the ScriptProgressEventArgs class is changed from Int32 to Int64

Entity Developer

Entity Framework Core 2.0 is supported
The new Raw SQL Query class property and SQL method property with the corresponding editors are implemented in Entity Framework Core
The Snake case in both Model and Database naming rules is supported via the new "Add underscore" option
The Retrieve Data functionality via Model Explorer for EF Core 2 is implemented
The new "Detect function-based column default value" option is implemented in Model Settings of EF Core model
The code generation for async method calls is added to the EF Core template
The usage of long identifiers (up to 140 symbols) for naming model objects is supported
The ModelNameAsFilesPrefix property is implemented in the RepositoryAndUnitOfWork template
The code generation for async method calls in the EF Core template is improved
Support for ASP.NET Core MVC is added to the MVC Controller template
Support for ASP.NET Core MVC is added to the Data Annotations Metadata template
The new SQL Type, Size, Precision, Scale options are added to the Parameters tab in Method Editor of EF Core Model
The new Controller Area extended class property is added to EF Core Model
The check of conditions for setting optionsBuilder.Use... in the generated OnConfiguring method by the EF Core template is improved
The process of synchronizing methods and parameters with database stored procedures in EF Core Model is improved
The behaviour is changed: IsRequired(false / true) for navigation properties is always generated in EF Core fluent mapping now

Entity Framework

Entity Framework Core 1.1.2 is supported
Entity Framework Core 1.1.3 is supported
Entity Framework Core 1.1.4 is supported
Entity Framework Core 1.1.5 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.0 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.0.1 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.0.2 is supported
Entity Framework Core 2.0.3 is supported
Entity Framework 6.2 is supported
The possibility to use command interception for EF6 commands executed within batch updates is implemented
The SQL generation for subselects, when using Distinct(), in EF1/EF4/EF5/EF6 is optimized
The Code-First Migrations functionality in EF Core is improved:

the operations InsertData / UpdateData / DeleteData (introduced in EF Core 2), CreateSequence, AlterSequence, RestartSequence, DropSequence are supported

The behavior is changed: System.DateTime is mapped now to TIMESTAMP(7) instead of TIMESTAMP via EF Code-First Migrations for DB2 for LUW 9.7 and higher

New features in dotConnect for DB2 2.1

Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate 4 is supported
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI) project templates for Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and Integration Services (mapping wizards) in Visual Studio 2015 are supported
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is supported in SSIS DataFlow components
The 'Do not install assemblies in the GAC' check box that allows disabling placing the provider assemblies to the GAC is added to the Install Wizard

Entity Developer

Entity Framework Core 1.0 RTM is supported
The possibility to set values of stored procedure parameters for getting metadata to generate automatically the corresponding complex type is implemented
The generation of static methods by the EntityObject template is supported via the new property Direct Call of EntityMethod
The possibility to choose whether to add new entities to a diagram or not in Update From Database Wizard is implemented
The behaviour is changed: now the DbContext template generates an additional partial class for the context class when "File Per Class" and "Generate Partial Class" are set to True
The behaviour is changed: the ObservableCollection navigation properties are initialized now in a default class constructor

Entity Framework

Entity Framework Core 1.1.0 is supported
The DB2ConventionSetBuilder class is implemented in the Entity Framework Core support
Batch Updates support in EF Core is added
DB2CSharpMigrationCodeGenerator and DB2VisualBasicMigrationCodeGenerator for code-based migrations are implemented for EF4, EF5, EF6
The DatabaseFacade.GetDB2Connection() extension method, which returns DB2Connection, is implemented in EF Core
The new optional parameter Action<DB2DbContextOptionsBuilder> is added to UseDB2() extension method of DbContextOptionsBuilder in EF Core
The Scaffold-DbContext NuGet command of Package Manager Console for generating a model basing on the existing database schema is supported in EF Core
The config.DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour option is supported in EF Core
The AddUniqueConstraintOperation and DropUniqueConstraintOperation operations are supported in EF Core Code-First Migrations
The translation of collection's Contains method in LINQ query to SQL statement in EF Core is supported
The support of EF Core models with string columns, which are defined without length limit and participate in PKs, FKs, indices, is improved
The compatibility with ASP.NET Core Identity is improved
The behaviour is changed: the errors thrown by executing SQL statement DROP SCHEMA are ignored now

New features in dotConnect for DB2 2.0

The current build is 4.1.21 from 06-Jun-2024

The Run Once Command connection string parameter, which specifies a command to execute when the connection is opened the first time and not executed when the connection is taken from the pool, is added
The new LoadTable overloads for loading data from a IDataReader, array of rows, or only rows with a specific RowState from a DataTable are added to the DB2Loader class
Truncate member that represents the TRUNCATE TABLE statement is added to the SqlStatementType enum

Entity Developer

Entity Framework Core support is added
The DbProviderFactory provider registration in application's *.config is supported by the Entity Developer version integrated into Visual Studio

Entity Framework

Entity Framework Core RC2 is supported
Entity Framework-related assemblies are renamed
Upgrade Wizard is improved for upgrading projects with the Entity Framework functionality

New features in dotConnect for DB2 1.8

Visual Studio 2015 is supported

Entity Developer

The Use ObservableCollection property of the DbContext template is implemented

New features in dotConnect for DB2 1.7

Visual Studio 2015 Release Candidate is supported
The ADO.NET implementation of ASP.NET Identity support is added

The ICloneable interface is implemented in the IdentityUser and IdentityRole classes
The User_Id column in the AspNetUserClaims table is renamed to UserId

The ADO.NET implementation of ASP.NET Identity 2.0 support is added

The new \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Devart.Data.DB2.Web.Identity.dll assembly (its revision number is 2) is added to the provider installation folder
The new \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Install_identity_tables.sql and \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Uninstall_identity_tables.sql files are added to the provider installation folder
The new \Web\ASP.NET Identity 2\Upgrade_identity_tables_from_v1_to_v2.sql file is added to the provider installation folder
The new IUserEmailStore<TIdentityUser, TKey>, IUserPhoneNumberStore<TIdentityUser, TKey>, IUserTwoFactorStore<TIdentityUser, TKey>, IUserLockoutStore<TIdentityUser, TKey> interfaces are implemented in the UserStore class
The new IUserStore<T>, IUserClaimStore<T>, IUserLoginStore<T>, IUserPasswordStore<T>, IUserRoleStore<T>, IUserEmailStore<T>, IUserPhoneNumberStore<T> interfaces are implemented in the DB2UserStore and DB2UserStore<TIdentityUser, TIdentityRole> classes
The new IRoleStore<T> interface is supported in the DB2RoleStore and DB2RoleStore<TIdentityUser, TIdentityRole> classes
The new IQueryableUserStore interface is implemented in the UserStore class
The new IQueryableRoleStore interface is implemented in the RoleStore class

The DB2Script.Cancel() method is added to stop query execution
The Enterprise Library 6 support is added; all previous versions of Enterprise Library are no longer maintained
The new \Web\ASP.NET 45\Devart.Data.DB2.Web.dll assembly (its revision number is 5) is added to the provider installation folder to support SimpleMembership in MVC5
The enableExpiredSessionAutoDeletion and expiredSessionAutoDeletionInterval options for deleting expired sessions are added to the session-state store provider definition in the web.config file
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI) project templates for Analysis Services and Integration Services in Visual Studio 2013 are supported
SSIS DataFlow Source and Destination components are supported in SSDT-BI for Visual Studio 2013
The behaviour is changed: the DB2Monitor now hides information about the password connection string parameter

Entity Developer

The information message about availability of NuGet Package Manager on the workstation is added in the Entity Developer version integrated into Visual Studio
The override modifier for DbSet class properties generated by DbContext templates is added
The View Generation option of the model with Entity Framework version = Entity Framework 6 is supported for the DbContext (only with XML mapping), EntityObject, POCO, and Self-Tracking Entities templates
The Implement Equals property is added to the DbContext, ObjectContext, and POCO Entity templates
The possibility to use relative paths to assemblies in code generation templates is implemented
The Remove Invalid Characters option (by default, True) is added to the Model Naming rules; if it is set to False, all invalid characters will be replaced with underscores
The Enable WinForms Data Binding property of the DbContext template is implemented
The Property Change Partial Methods property of the DbContext template is implemented for generating partial methods On%PropertyName%Changing and On%PropertyName%Changed for each primitive property of entity classes
The behaviour is changed: now partial configuration classes are generated when DbContext template is used with Fluent Mapping=True and Mapping Generation Strategy=UseConfigurationClasses options
The behaviour is changed: now paths to assemblies with attributes (Model Settings -> Model -> Attributes) are saved and used as relative paths
The behaviour is changed: now a property in the generated code is initialized basing on the default value in CSDL only (instead of default values in any of SSDL and CSDL)
The behaviour is changed: now the default value for the 'File Per Class' option of the DbContext template is True
The behaviour is changed: Generate Database Script From Model saves the output in ASCII format if there are no unicode symbols in the script; UTF-8 is used otherwise
The behaviour is changed: now the default values are not set for string properties, that correspond to fields with the default values like expressions

Entity Framework

Entity Framework 6.1.0 RTM is supported
Entity Framework 6.1.0 Tools for Visual Studio 2012 & 2013 are supported
The UpdateDatabaseOperation operation in Code-First Migrations for Entity Framework 6.x is supported
The RenameIndexOperation operation in Code-First Migrations for Entity Framework 6.1 is supported
Multiple EntityContainers in the Code-First CreateDatabase()/CreateDatabaseScript()/DeleteDatabase() functionality are supported
The Database.Delete(DbConnection) functionality is supported: all objects in the current schema (specified in Current Schema or set with Initialization Command connection string parameter) are removed if DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour = AllSchemaObjects
The Database.Exists(DbConnection) functionality is supported: the method returns true if DatabaseScript.Schema.DeleteDatabaseBehaviour = AllSchemaObjects and at least one table exists in the current schema (specified in Current Schema or set with Initialization Command connection string parameter)
The database server version is added to the generated Code-First Migrations script
The releasing of memory, which was allocated for commands and readers of ObjectContext / DbContext, is improved
Determining correct datatypes of data retrieved by EntitySQL queries with UNION ALL and similar constructions is improved
The compatibility with Hibernating Rhinos EntityFramework Profiler is improved
The performance of generating SQL for Enumerable.Contains in LINQ queries is improved by supporting a new expression type, DbInExpression, in Entity Framework 6
The behaviour is changed: now a semicolon (;) after the very last statement is generated in the Code-First CreateDatabaseScript() functionality

31-October-13 New features in dotConnect for DB2 1.6

Visual Studio 2013 is supported
The behaviour is changed: installation with the /VERYSILENT install parameter will uninstall the other version of the provider without any dialog box if it is installed

Entity Developer

Entity Framework 6 is supported
The new "Provider Manifest Token" model property is implemented to identify the target server
The "WCF DataMember Attribute on Navigation Properties" property is added to the Data Transfer Object template for pointing the end (-s) where the attribute should be generated
More information messages, when validating EF6 models basing on the EntityFramework.dll functionality, are added
The behaviour is changed: the values of "Target Server" and "Server Version" can be reset via the Model Settings > Synchronization > Mapping dialog despite the fact whether connection is specified in Database Explorer or not
The behaviour is changed: the validation of EF6 models depends on the EntityFramework.dll functionality only (.NET Framework 4.5 is not required any more)

Entity Framework

The 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 versions of Entity Framework are supported
The DB2 for Linux/Unix servers are supported in Entity Data Model Wizard and Code-First functionality
The compatibility of Entity Framework provider for EF v1, v4, v5 with medium trust level environment is improved
The generation of SQL literals for TimeSpan values is improved: shortened form is used now if possible
The behaviour is changed: Entity Data Model Wizard shows a more detailed error message in case of connecting to unsupported database or using incorrect provider manifest tokens
The behaviour is changed: Code-First Migrations generates DEFAULT values for new NOT NULL columns of Boolean, DateTime, TimeSpan types when adding them in the existing table

17-October-13 New features in dotConnect for DB2 1.5

Microsoft Sync Framework support is implemented

Entity Framework

The behaviour is changed: Code-First Migrations generates DEFAULT 0 for new NOT NULL columns of numeric types when adding them in the existing table
The behaviour is changed: Code-First Migrations generates DEFAULT '' for new NOT NULL columns of string types when adding them in the existing table

08-August-13 First release of dotConnect for DB2 data provider