Npgsql.EntityFramework 2.2.0-beta1

.NET Framework 4.0 This package targets .NET Framework 4.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of Npgsql.EntityFramework.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package Npgsql.EntityFramework --version 2.2.0-beta1                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package Npgsql.EntityFramework -Version 2.2.0-beta1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFramework" Version="2.2.0-beta1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add Npgsql.EntityFramework --version 2.2.0-beta1                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: Npgsql.EntityFramework, 2.2.0-beta1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install Npgsql.EntityFramework as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Npgsql.EntityFramework&version=2.2.0-beta1&prerelease

// Install Npgsql.EntityFramework as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Npgsql.EntityFramework&version=2.2.0-beta1&prerelease

Postgresql provider for Entity Framework 6 and above

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET Framework net40 is compatible.  net403 was computed.  net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last updated
2.2.7 242,905 9/18/2015 2.2.7 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.6 10,950 8/27/2015
2.2.5 43,460 3/11/2015
2.2.4.3 11,344 2/6/2015
2.2.4.1 2,385 2/3/2015
2.2.3 15,239 11/26/2014
2.2.2 24,750 11/3/2014
2.2.1 4,985 9/24/2014
2.2.0 4,425 9/1/2014
2.2.0-rc2 2,294 8/17/2014
2.2.0-rc1 1,812 8/5/2014
2.2.0-beta1 1,775 7/23/2014
2.1.3 5,858 4/9/2014
2.1.2 2,630 3/28/2014
2.1.1 2,420 3/21/2014
2.1.0 2,742 3/19/2014
2.1.0-rc1 1,808 2/10/2014
2.1.0-beta1 2,086 12/26/2013

https://github.com/npgsql/Npgsql/releases/tag/v2.2.0-beta1

Major highlights
Visual Studio DDEX support

Kenji Uno added support for DDEX. Now you can use Npgsql with Visual Studio data designer. This is a missing feature a lot of our users requested in the past. Kenji added a tutorial about how to use Npgsql with DDEX. You can find it here: https://github.com/npgsql/Npgsql/wiki/Visual-Studio-Design-Time-Support---DDEX-Provider#install-npgsqlddexprovidervsix
Entity Framework
David Karlaš added support for EFMigration and Database creation in EF6+

Now it is possible to start Code First projects without needing to create a database upfront. EntityFramework and Npgsql will take care of it.
Emil Lenngren added support for a lot of missing features of EntityFramework.

A list containing fixes from David and Emil as well as others for EntityFramework can be seen here: https://github.com/npgsql/Npgsql/issues?direction=desc&labels=entity+framework&milestone=2&page=1&sort=created&state=closed
SSLStream support

In this release, SSLStream is on by default.
If you want to use Mono.Security, you will need to use the following line in your code:

NpgsqlConnection.UseSslStream = false;

Note that in future releases, this option may not be available anymore as we are removing the dependency on Mono.Security assembly. Let us know in the forums if you have any problem with ssl when using SSLStream. This will help us check if we will be able to remove Mono.Security assembly.
Added support for JSON, JSONB and HSTORE datatypes

Shay added support for those datatypes.
Added GSSAPI support on Windows

Brian Crowell added support for GSSAPI on windows. [#170]
Removed support for protocol 2

Postgresql versions which use only protocol 2 are very old and don't receive support from postgresql group anymore. By removing this support, we removed a lot of code and can focus on functionalities provided by protocol 3.
Removed support for Postgresql 8.3 and below

In this thread, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/npgsql-dev/omQ40Eq0HoA, we talked about making Npgsql support the officially supported postgresql versions. This means end of support for postgresql 8.3 and below in the Npgsql 2.2 and up. If you still need support for 7.x, please, use 2.0.x versions.