Release Notes 0.17

.NET Runtime Updates

• Removed .NET 7 support - FastTransfer no longer supports .NET 7 runtime
• Upgraded to .NET 10.0 - Migrated from .NET 8.0 to .NET 10.0 for improved performance and security

New Features

Environment Variables

FastTransfer 0.17 introduces support for environment variables to configure runtime behavior:

FASTTRANSFER_LOADSTEPTIMEOUT_MINUTES

Controls the bulk load timeout for msbulk and orabulk target connection types.

• Default: 60 minutes
• Usage: Set this variable to override the default timeout (in minutes)
• Example:

  # Windows
  set FASTTRANSFER_LOADSTEPTIMEOUT_MINUTES=120
  
  # Linux
  export FASTTRANSFER_LOADSTEPTIMEOUT_MINUTES=120

FASTTRANSFER_SORTEDINPUT

Forces the sorted hint for msbulk target connections, which can improve performance when data is already sorted by the clustered index.

• Values: true or false
• Default: false
• Usage: Set to true to force sorted input mode, or false to disable it
• Example:

  # Windows
  set FASTTRANSFER_SORTEDINPUT=true
  
  # Linux
  export FASTTRANSFER_SORTEDINPUT=true

See Environment Variables for complete details.

Other Improvements