DBAL-33 - Added flexible DateTime type that can be used as replacement when variable date/time parts are returned from the database, for example with PostgreSQL TIMESTAMP(n) and TIME(n) types

Fix for both DDC-710 and  DDC-693, added many tests for null conversion and additional tests for the empty value conversion

DBAL-26 - Fix nasty bug with null values in Date, DateTime, DateTimeTz and Time fields introduced with the DBAL-22 fix

DBAL-22 Change check for array and object values into strict false check instead of using is_array and is_object

DBAL-22 - Throw ConversionException if DateTime, Time, Date, DateTimeTz, Array or Object conversions from the Database to PHP fail

DBAL-22 - Fix DateTime with Timezone handling in Postgres and Oracle by introducing new type DateTimeTz and have SchemaManagers of both platforms detect this type. Added general conversion testcase which made some bugs in Oracle Date Handling and $stmt->fetchColumn() appear

DDC-496 Finished first versions of platform and schema manager for DB2, DDC-528 Added support for PDO_IBM driver, passing all but 3 tests that are related to CLOB fields

[2.0][DDC-354][DDC-425] Fixed. Encapsulated SQL logging better in the DBAL. Added binding types to DBAL mapping types as well as using these binding types in the persisters. Query and NativeQuery now support PDO binding types as well as DBAL mapping types when binding parameters.

[2.0] Improving EntityGenerated: added normal doc blocks above annotations(even if annotations aren't generated), adding type hinting, added generation of default values for properties

[2.0] Code cleanups. Preparations for DDC-193. Fixed DDC-399, type configuration remains global for now but the irritating instance methods on the Configuration have been removed. Use Type::addType et al. Added TODOs for naming standards.

[2.0][DDC-92] Fixed. Patch provided by Christian Heinrich. [DDC-274] Started some method renaming. [DDC-142] Fixed (join column names and discriminator column names dont support quoting) [DDC-258] Fixed.

[2.0] DDC-365 -  Added tests for several missing column types - also showing that decimals come and go correctly into the database.

DDC-179 - Fixed issue with persistance of date fields by moving ! operator to the convertToPhpValue method.

[2.0][DDC-164][DDC-165] Fixed. Cleaned up ManyToManyMapping. Cleaned up identifier handling and handling of composite identifiers in some places.

[2.0][DDC-30] Fixed null values with Date, Time and DateTime types. Thanks Ismo for report and patch

[2.0] Various necessary fixes and adjustments for oracle as well as fixes for better handling of temporal types. Closed #2452.

[2.0] More docblocks. Renamed methods Type::addCustomType to Type::addType and Connection::exec to Connection::executeUpdate. Added Type::hasType.

[2.0] Streamlined result structures. Hydration improvements: Small overall improvements, large improvement for (joined) fetched collections (~60%). 

[2.0] Implemented DQL bulk DELETE support for Class Table Inheritance. Other cleanups, refactorings and docblock additions.

[2.0] Introduced SQL logging facilities. Made Type constructor private to prevent instantiation and force use of the factory method getType().