Direct Oracle Access 4.0

We're very pleased to announce we have released version 4.1.2.0 of our Direct Oracle Access component set. We like to think that with this new release we can further increase the popularity of our Oracle components within the Oracle/Delphi community. We have tried to include all user feedback and support for most new Oracle features, so there should be something for everyone in version 4.1.2.0.

Below is a list of the most important new features in 4.1.2.0:

The Direct Oracle Access 4.1.2 version for Delphi 2010 has been released. A C++Builder 2010 version will follow shortly.


Enhancements and bugfixes

Delphi 2010 and C++Builder 2010 specific fixes

  • Replaced WinTypes and WinProcs units by Windows unit

  • Query Builder did not work

  • Editing a record with a BLOB could lead to "Record changed by another user"

  • Passing string values to a date variable could cause an error

  • Logon History would not be correctly stored in the registry

  • Calculated WideString fields could be corrupted

  • OracleSession.Preferences.ConvertUTF is now fixed to cuUTF8ToUTF16

  • TOracleSession.BytesPerCharacter is now bcAutoDetect by default

  • When connected to database with a Unicode database character set, variables are declared as Unicode by default