ADO.NET Provider for SAP ByDesign

Build 24.0.9060

Changelog

General Changes

DateBuild
Number
Change
Type
Description
09/17/20249026SAP ByDesignAdded
  • One column (ColumnType) is added to the sys_tablecolumns table. The column indicates whether the field is a standard column (SYSTEM), a navigation property (LINKEDCOLUMN), a navigation key (NAVIGATIONKEY), a reference column (REFERENCECOLUMN), or a navigation parent key (NAVIGATIONPARENTCOLUMN).
09/10/20249019SAP ByDesignAdded
  • Added the AuthScheme connection property to support Single Sign-On (SSO) with Azure Active Directory.
05/27/20248913SAP ByDesignAdded
  • The MaxSelectLength and ExpandAsterisk connection properties have been exposed for all platforms.
05/09/20248895GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function previously did not accept negative precision values. That feature has now been restored.
03/15/20248840GeneralAdded
  • Created a new SQL function called STRING_COMPARE that provides java's String.compare() ability to SQL queries. Returns a number representative of the compared value of two strings
01/18/20248783ADO.NETAdded
  • Added support for EFCore 8.
11/29/20238733GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function doesn't accept the negative precision values anymore.

Changed
  • The returning types of the FDMonth, FDQuarter, FDWeek, LDMonth, LDQuarter, LDWeek functions are changed from Timestamp to Date.
  • The return type of the ABS function will be consistent with the parameter value type.
11/28/20238732GeneralAdded
  • Added the HMACSHA256 formatter to allow for secrets to be decoded if it is in base64 format
11/15/20238719ADO.NETChanged
  • NuGet license and icon are now embedded within the package itself, in compliance with the package authoring best practices.
06/20/20238571GeneralAdded
  • Added the new sys_lastresultinfo system table.
04/25/20238515GeneralRemoved
  • Removed support for the SELECT INTO CSV statement. The core code doesn't support it anymore.
04/19/20238509ADO.NETRemoved
  • Removed support for EFCore 3.1.
04/18/20238508ADO.NETRemoved
  • Removed support for SSRS 2012.

Added
  • Added support for SSRS 2022.
12/14/20228383GeneralChanged
  • Added the Default column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
11/14/20228353SAP ByDesignAdded
  • Added support for OLAPType column in sys_tablecolumns table. It indicates whether a field is a dimension or a measure.
09/30/20228308GeneralChanged
  • Added the IsPath column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
06/08/20228194ADO.NETRemoved
  • Removed support for VS2010.
05/19/20228174ADO.NETRemoved
  • Removed support for .NET 2.0.
04/29/20228154SAP ByDesignAdded
  • In 2022, each SapByDesign service is represented as a separate schema. This allows users to query multiple schemas in a single connection.
  • Added support for the ServiceName and ServiceType connection properties.

Removed
  • The AnalyticsService & CustomService connection properties are removed. Instead, ServiceType should be used to specify the type of service to connect with.
  • The Services view has been removed. Instead, to query the services/schemas, use sys_schemas.
04/27/20228152ADO.NETRemoved
  • Removed support for EFCore 3.0 and EFCore5.0.
09/02/20217915GeneralAdded
  • Added support for the STRING_SPLIT table-valued function in the CROSS APPLY clause.
08/07/20217889GeneralChanged
  • Added the KeySeq column to the sys_foreignkeys table.
08/06/20217888GeneralChanged
  • Added the new sys_primarykeys system table.
06/07/20217828ADO.NETAdded
  • Added support for the DbCommand.CommandTimeout property.
05/29/20217819ADO.NETRemoved
  • Removed support for SSRS 2008.
04/25/20217785GeneralAdded
  • Added support for handling client side formulas during insert / update. For example: UPDATE Table SET Col1 = CONCAT(Col1, " - ", Col2) WHERE Col2 LIKE 'A%'
04/23/20217783GeneralChanged
  • Updated how display sizes are determined for varchar primary key and foreign key columns so they will match the reported length of the column.
04/16/20217776ADO.NETChanged
  • Separated the ADO.NET Provider assembly and Entity Framework Core 5 Nuget packages.
  • Single precision floating point numbers are now reported as with the Data Type Name as "real". Double precision floating point numbers now have their Data Type Name reported as "float". This change does not impact the actual data types of these columns - only the reported data type name.
  • Separate EFCore 3.0, 3.1 and EFCore 5 dlls are now shipped with the driver. The 2.0 and 2.1 EFCore dlls are removed.
04/16/20217776GeneralAdded
  • Non-conditional updates between two columns is now available to all drivers. For example: UPDATE Table SET Col1=Col2
04/16/20217776GeneralChanged
  • Reduced the length to 255 for varchar primary key and foreign key columns.

Changed
  • Updated index naming convention to avoid duplicates.
04/16/20217776GeneralChanged
  • Updated implicit and metadata caching to improve performance and support for multiple connections. Old metadata caches are not compatible - you need to generate new metadata caches if you are currently using CacheMetadata.

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