dotConnect for Oracle Professional Edition full changelog

Added support for Oracle Database 26ai
Added support for BINARY, INT8, FLOAT32, and FLOAT64 sparse and dense vector data types in Oracle Database 23ai and 26ai
Added support for the BOOLEAN data type in Oracle Database 23ai and 26ai
Added support for the JSON data type in Oracle Database 21c, 23ai, and 26ai
Added the OracleVersion property to the OracleConnection class to retrieve the full Oracle Database version as five numeric segments
Added the LoadLicenseKey() method to the OracleConnection class
Improved OracleCommand.ExecuteArray() for large data volumes by removing the 65,535-iteration limit
Fixed an issue where the license key could not be applied on Red Hat–based Linux distributions (RHEL 9/10, AlmaLinux 9/10, Rocky Linux 9/10) when the system-wide cryptographic policy was set to DEFAULT
Entity Framework support:
Added support for Entity Framework Core 10
Added support for NetTopologySuite 2.6 in Entity Framework Core
Added support for NetTopologySuite 2.6 for EF6 in the .NET Standard 2.0 assemblies of the NuGet packages
Added support for BINARY, INT8, FLOAT32, and FLOAT64 sparse and dense vector data types in EF Core
Updated Entity Framework Core 9 support to version 9.0.12
Updated Entity Framework Core 8 support to version 8.0.23
Fixed an issue where LINQ queries with subqueries or projections could generate incorrect SQL aliases when used with Entity Framework Core 9
Fixed an issue with String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() in LINQ queries in Entity Framework Core
Fixed an issue with batch updates and batch deletes in Entity Framework Core
Fixed an issue with case-insensitive queries when config.QueryOptions.CaseInsensitiveComparison = true in Entity Framework Core
LinqConnect:
Fixed an issue where Devart.Data.Oracle.Linq.dll could be missing from the installation

Added support for .NET 10
Added support for Visual Studio 2026
Added support for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, version 18.3
Added trial product activation
Added license key-based licensing for .NET Framework assemblies
Added the License Key connection string parameter for .NET Framework assemblies
Added support for modern SSH encryption and key exchange algorithms
Added support for SingleStore (formerly MemSQL)
Added the SingleStore value to the MySqlServerType enumeration
Added support for SQL Server Reporting Services versions 2017 (15), 2019 (16), and 2022 (17)
Improved OracleLoader performance for LOB types in Direct mode
Fixed an issue with OracleConnection.Open() in .NET Framework applications that use .NET Standard provider assemblies from NuGet
Fixed an issue with the Clear() and Add() methods of the OracleSelectStatement class
Entity Framework support:
Updated support for Entity Framework Core 9 to version 9.0.11
Updated support for Entity Framework Core 8 to version 8.0.22
Fixed an issue with comparing variables or literal values in EF Core 9
Fixed an issue with parameters in EF Core
Fixed an issue that caused the ORA-00904 error when using enums in EF Core
Fixed an issue that caused an invalid cast from Int32 to an enum in EF Core
Fixed an issue that caused an invalid cast from String to an enum in EF Core
Fixed an issue with paging in EF Core 9 when connecting to Oracle 11.2 or earlier
Fixed an issue that caused a KeyNotFoundException when using Oracle spatial functions in EF Core
Fixed an issue with batch updates in EF Core 7 or later
Fixed an issue with String.Contains() in EF Core
Fixed an issue with the Devart.Data.Oracle.EFCore NuGet package on Apple Mac computers with the M3 (ARM64) chip
Fixed an issue with Performance Profiler in Visual Studio 2022 or later
LinqConnect:
Fixed an issue with the dotConnect for Oracle Professional Edition license key when using LinqConnect functionality
Fixed an issue with the EntitySet.ListChanged event

Added support for long passwords in Oracle 23ai
Changed the visibility of OracleException constructors from internal to protected
Fixed an issue that caused an AccessViolationException in OracleCommand when calling the GetRowId() method in the OCI mode
Fixed a design-time issue with the OracleDataTable Tasks interface element in Visual Studio 2022
Fixed an issue in dbMonitor integration where error messages were logged incorrectly
Entity Framework support:
Updated support for Entity Framework Core 9 to version 9.0.6
Updated support for Entity Framework Core 8 to version 8.0.17
Fixed an issue that caused the 'Invalid cast from String to Enum' error in EF Core 3 and later
Fixed an issue that triggered the 'ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got NCLOB' error in EF Core 9
LinqConnect (formerly known as LINQ to Oracle):
Fixed an issue with incorrect caching of the materialization function across different queries
Entity Developer:
Fixed a crash in Entity Developer that occurred when adding a class property in the Class Editor
Fixed an issue with handling Oracle identity columns