Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.12.0
--- General Improvements -------------------------------------------------
+ New datasource context menu items are added to check/uncheck all fields
for a datasource.
+ Downgrade links of loaded query is implemented when Syntax changed to one
which doesn't support ANSI joins.
+ New property is added to sort fields within the datasource field lists:
TacQueryBuilder.FieldsListOptions.SortType: TacFieldsListSortType =
(flsNone, flsName)
+ New properties are added to take control over the links creation process:
TacQueryBuilder.LinkOptions: TacLinkOptions
- LinkManipulations: enum(lmAllow, lmDeny, lmAllowRelationsOnly)
allows/denies link creation by end-user, or allows creation of links
for foreign keys only;
- CreateLinksFromRelations: Boolean
allows/denies automatic links creation from foreign keys;
- LinkCompatibleTypesOnly: Boolean
allows links creation only for fields with compatible data types only.
+ New events are added to control specific end-user manipulations:
- TacQueryBuilder.OnBeforeDatasourceFieldDrag:
set this event to deny dregging of specific fields to create links;
- TacQueryBuilder.OnLinkCreating, TacQueryBuilder.OnLinkCreated:
set these events to allow/deny or perform actions on creating a link;
- TacQueryBuilder.OnLinkDeleting:
set this event to allow/deny deletion of a link;
- TacQueryBuilder.OnGridCellChanging, TacQueryBuilder.OnGridCellChanged:
set these events to allow/deny or perform actions on changing values
at the columns pane grid.
+ New events are added to control displaying of the properties dialogs:
TacQueryBuilder.OnBeforePropertiesDialog and OnAfterPropertiesDialog.
+ New event is added to customize captions of datasources at the query
building area: TacQueryBuilder.OnCustomizeDatasourceCaption.
--- Syntax fixes and improvements ----------------------------------------
- DB2: Fixed problem with retrieval of the current schema for DB2 for AS/400.
+ Oracle: Support of EXTRACT function is added.
- Oracle: improved parameter name parsing is made.
- Oracle: "ZONE" is now treated as valid identifier.
- MS SQL: improved parameter name parsing is made.
+ MS Access can load queries with unquoted semi-keywords as field names now.
(like "select a.select from orders a")
--- General bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------
- Bug with wrong hashing of alternate names in metadata container is fixed.
- The component is able to parse queries like the following correctly:
"select [[[]]].OrderId from Orders [[[]]]"
--- VCL fixes and improvements -------------------------------------------
- ElevateDB 1/2 and DBISAM support is fixed.
+ Numerous improvements in the installer are made.
+ DevArt UniDAC connectivity package is added.
- Localizer fix for BDS 2009 is applied.
- Package description files are fixed.
+ ExpressSkins workaround is made.
+ Update of the DOA connectivity package to 4.1 is made.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.5.5
+ The FROM clause is now generated only when query has datasources.
+ Firebird syntax: Support of expressions in the FIRST clause is implemented.
+ Conversion of the forms to DevExpress is made.
+ Support of Corelab MySQL DAC other connection types is added.
- Several fixes for DB2 syntax are made:
* right interpretation of DAYS keyword in different contexts
* list of aggregate functions in parser is fixed
* analytic expressions are supported now (Min(Column1) Over (Partition By
Column2))
- Ignorance of field types in the metadata XML file is fixed if they aren't
.NET types.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.5.0
+ Ability to compile the component with DevExpress controls is added to the installer. + Minor improvements in the installer. + Minor code cleanup.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.1.0
+ CodeGear RAD Studio 2009 support is made. + Oracle: additional aggregate functions are added. + SQL 2003: boolean expressions are allowed everywhere. + MySQL: some built-in functions are added. + Now the "= null" and "<> null" values in Criteria cells and translateed to the "Is Null" and "Is Not Null" values.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.0.8
+ The new TacQueryBuilder.FieldListOptions.TypeColumnOptions.FieldTypeCase property is added (ftcCapitalize, ftcLowerCase, ftcUpperCase). + The new event TacQueryBuilder.OnCustomizeDatasourceFieldsList is added for sorting or modifying the content of field list controls. + Universal syntax provider: IIF-like functions are supported now.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.0.7
* Usage of the Highlight color for selected items in fields list is applied now. + Minor improvements in the Firebird and Oracle syntax providers. - Fixed bug with adding metadata from the XML file without clearing the Metadata container.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.0.4
- Sybase syntax: Minor improvements in the metadata loading procedure are made. + Automatic correction of the "Output" and "Grouping" column check boxes is performed now to generate correct SQL queries with grouping permanently. + The inverted relations option is made in XML: set the 'type="fk"' attribute to the "relation" element. + MimerSQL: speed up fields list loading - MySQL: "DIV" and "MOD" are removed from the keyword list, "DIV" now treated as operator.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.10.0.0
+ Customization of datasource's field lists at the query building area is made. See the FieldsListOptions property for details. + Field lists are retrieved now through database server specific queries. + Basic support of Mimer SQL dialect is added. - MySQL and Firebird parameters parsing is improved.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.9.1.8
+ Working with Excel and Text files through the MS Jet Engine is improved. + Aliases for derived tables are created unique now. + Few comments are added to the Query Modification Demo. + An example of analysis of WHERE clause using AST added to the Non-Visual Demo. - Incorrect switching to the sleep mode in few occasions is fixed. - OnActiveSubQueryChanged event did not fire in some cases. Fixed now. - More correct representation of "NOT EXISTS" clause is made. - Fixed bug with saving tables with "synonym" tag in XML. - Minor bugfixes for MS Access, Firebird and Postgres syntaxes are made. + Minor speed improvements are made.
Active Query Builder VCL Edition v.1.9.1.2
+ Alternate name are taken into account on sorting objects in the metadada tree. + Extended information is available for parameters used with IN operator. - Prefix is skipped for stored procedure names in columns, if they were used without aliases. - Field checks are processed correctly in expressions with aggregate functions. - DB2: Speed up parsing of the CAST function for standard data types. - InterBase/Firebird: Fixed parsing of CONTAINING and STARTING functions. - PostgreSQL: Fixed Unicode support in the special PostgreSQL token scanner.
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