2025-01-14 Version 4.7.7 Vincent Rogier vince.rogier@ocilib.net

   * Enhancements (C API)

        - Oracle XMLTYPE is now partially supported
            * Added OCI_XmlType* data type (OCI_CDT_XMLTYPE) that can only be fetched from resultets in this current release
            * OCI_ColumnGetType() reports "XMLTYPE" as SQL type
            * OCI_TypeInfoGet() returns a valid OCI_TypeInfo handle for the type name "SYS.XMLTYPE"
            * OCI_GetString() returns a string representation of a XMLTYPE object
            * Added the following new APIs:
                - OCI_GetXmlType()
                - OCI_GetXmlType2()
                - OCI_XmlTypeToText()
            * In this current release, use OCI_GetString() instead of OCI_GetXmlType() as: 
                - OCI_XmlType handles can only be used to getting XML content strings, which is already done by OCI_GetString()
                - In later releases, OCI_XmlType API will evolve to support local xml object creation, DOM manipulation, SQL binding
        
   * Enhancements (C++ API)

        - Oracle XMLTYPE is now partially supported:
            * Added ocilib::XmlType class (that can only be retrieved using ocilib::Resultset::Get<ocilib::XmlType>())
            * ocilib::Resultset::Get<ostring>() returns a string representation of the XMLTYPE object
        - Added Interval::GetNanoSeconds() and Interval::SetNanoSeconds()
        
   * Fixes (C API)

        - Issue 329: OCI_GetSqlIdentifier() returns invalid values for Scrollable Statements when called more than once
		- Issue 332: OCI_TypeInfoGet() : since v4.7.4, in case of failure, OCI_TypeInfo object is not removed from OCI_Connection internal list of OCI_TypeInfo objects
        - Issue 331: Strange behaviour with XMLTYPE
        - Issue 332: OCI_TypeInfoGet() : In case of failure, newly created OCI_TypeInfo object is not removed from OCI_Connection internal cache
        - Issue 333: OCI_GetServerMajorVersion() returns wrong values for Oracle Server version < 18.1
        - Issue 334: OCI_RefToText() return garbage when charset is OCI_CHARSET_WIDE
        - Issue 347: OCI_MsgGetEnqueueTime() leaked DateTime handle causing OCI_Cleanup() reporting unfreed handle
        - Issue 348: OCI_EventGetObject() might returned garbage character after object name
        - Issue 354: OCI_ElemSetRaw() performed wrong check on element datatype
        - Issue 361: Fixed HA event callback processing
        
    * Fixes (C++ API)
    
        - Issue 351: C++ Value types perform handle assignment instead of value assignment
        - Issue 355: Since v4.7.5, connection acquired from ocilib::Pool where not released, leading to pool exhaustion
        - Issue 362: Calling Environment::Initialize() / Environment::Cleanup() multiple times per process might lead to segfaults with latest embedded vc143 runtime
        
    * Documentation
    
        - Issue 352 : Fixed documentation for OCI_PoolGetNoWait and ocilib::Pool::SetNoWait()
        - Issue 363 : Fixed documentation for OCI_IntervalGetDaySecond() and OCI_IntervalSetDaySecond(), Interval::GetDaySecond() and GetSaySecond()