Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio Release Notes

Version 23.26.1

What's new:

  • Fix for broken SQL and PL/SQL Editor and toolbar (affects Visual Studio 2026 18.6.0 and later)
  • Fix for collisions with other Visual Studio key bindings (shortcuts) such as Find in Files (Ctrl + Shift + F).  We have removed the Oracle key bindings in this release. To reassign key bindings, please do the following: In the Visual Studio menu go to Tools>Options > Environment > Keyboard >Click "Keyboard".  Type  "oracle" in the "Show commands containing" field.  Select the Oracle command you would like to bind such as "EditorContextMenus.Codewindow.OracleFormat".  Set "Use new shortcut" to "Text Editor", and then in the "Press Shortcut Keys" field click the shortcut keys you wish to bind. Press "OK" to save. Now when you open a SQL and PL/SQL  editor from an Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio Server Explorer Connection and right click to see the editor context menu,  you will see the command (such as "Format") mapped to your chosen key sequence.
  • Fix for an error when expanding a table or view in Server Explorer or Data Source Configuration Wizard when connected to a 21c database.
  • Fix for "Execute and Monitor SQL" not showing the Active Report when connected to a 21c database.

    • Important information about this release:

    • ODT 23.26 requires Visual Studio 2022  (17.12.18 or later versions) or Visual Studio 2026.
    • Missing ODT Entity Framework Model to Database DDL Generation Templates: If you installed ODT 23.26 in VS2022 on a machine with no prior ODT installation in VS2022 and use templates for DDL Generation from EF Designer (Model First), you will need to copy the ODT Entity Framework DDL Generation template files (Generate_Oracle_Via_T4_TPH.xaml, Generate_Oracle_Via_T4_TPT.xaml and SSDLToOracle.tt) from \Common7\IDE\Extensions\[ODT extension folder name]\EntityDesigner\ to [VS2022 Installation Folder name]\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Entity Framework Tools\DBGen\
    • "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" If you receive this error when using Entity Data Model (EDM) Wizard to import database schema objects, use the following workaround: Click OK on the error dialog. You will be prompted to provide a name for a new model. Specify a different model name (don't use the previous model name) and then continue.
    • Visual C# Oracle CLR Project and Visual Basic Oracle CLR Project have been removed.
    • Server Explorer database connections using ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver are no longer supported and ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver is no longer included with this extension.