DataObjects.Net v.4.4 Beta, v.4.3.6 and the Christmas Sale

Development branch

Today we are happy to announce the next significant step in DataObjects.Net 4 development — DataObjects.Net 4.4 Beta 1. This release includes the following exciting features and updates:

• ORM platform unification for usage in both server-side and client-side applications
• Optional Session auto-activation
• Optional Transactions
• 'Unit of work' pattern support in UI applications
• Greatly reduced number of assemblies (only 3 assemblies instead of 17)
• F# language support
• Visual Basic language support
• Xtensive Practices initiative
• and much more...

For further information see DataObjects.Net 4.4 Beta 1 Release Notes.

Due to major changes in API, usage of this release in projects, based on the previous version of DataObjects.Net, might require some fixing of assembly references or namespaces. Migration path is described in the Release Notes file.

Download DataObjects.Net 4.4 Beta 1

Stable branch

DataObjects.Net 4.3 branch is updated to 4.3.6 version. This release includes the following changes:
Features

• Visual Basic support

Updates

• EntitySet now implements IValidationAware
• SessionOptions.ReadRemovedObjects is added

Bug fixes

• struct serialization bug
• OrderBy(...).ThenBy(...)
• ReferenceFinder.IsReferenced throws an exception
• 'is' operator doesn't work in LINQ
• Error on schema upgrade with inheritance change (type removal)
• CopyFieldHint \ MoveFieldHint does not work when reference field is moved in hierarchy
• Mutithreading exception on Prefetch
• Nanoseconds handling in MS SQL Server 2005
• DateTime handling in version fields in Ms SQL Server 2005
• FreeText in PostgreSQL
• Grouping by nullable date in PostgreSQL
• StoreProvider is fixed  in PostgreSQL
• Referential integrity violation message improvement
• Wrong FK creation behavior & association inheritance
• [Field(LazyLoad = true)] is ignored by some code executed during Entity.Remove()
• Translation of DateTime.Date for SqlServer family

Download DataObjects.Net 4.3.6

And one more thing

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Stay tuned.