Hello:

FirebirdClient 2.0 Beta 4 for Visual Studio 2005 & Microsoft.NET 2.0,
the ADO.NET Data Provider for Firebird, is available for download.

Download information can be found here:

http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=netprovider


· Beta 4 ( 2006-02-03 ) ·

(Please read the Changelog for details)


Bug Fixes:

- Fixed Foreign Keys schemas.

- Fixed problem with the COLUMN_SIZE column in the FbViewColumns schema.

- Bug fix in FbPoolManager when trying to return back to the pool a
connection.

- Fixed DataTypes schema in the FbMetaData.xml file.

New Features:

- [DDEX] Foreign keys should be now automaticalled added to DataSets
at design time when
dropping tables from the Server Explorer.

- Added correct support for the new .net 2.0
DbParameter.SourceColumnNullMapping property (Alexander V. Leshkin)

- Initial implementation of the new extended support for
char/varchar fields
with OCTETS character set.

Changes:

- Added RemoteEventId property to FbRemoteEvent class.




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Best regards

Carlos Guzmán Álvarez
Vigo-Spain