dotConnect for Oracle Express Edition full changelog

The new command line option /disablegac that disables adding assemblies to GAC is added
The bug with using OracleCommand.CommandTimeout in the OCI mode, when Oracle Client leaves an open session to failed RAC node, is fixed
The bug with character encoding in the Direct mode when InitialLobFetchSize is set is fixed
Wrong timezone setting when opening a connection in the Direct mode is fixed
Entity Developer:
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
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

The bug with blocking thread during retrieving a connection from the pool, when connections from the same pool are used in several threads, is fixed
The bug with memory leak when running a lot of queries in the OCI mode is fixed
Entity Developer:
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