ODBC Driver for ServiceNow

Build 25.0.9434

Changelog

General Changes

DateBuild
Number		Change
Type		Description
10/06/20259410GeneralAdded
  • Support for parsing datetime formats using ".S" and ",S" for milliseconds and nanoseconds.
09/12/20259386GeneralAdded
  • Added the IsInsertable, IsUpdateable, and IsDeleteable columns to the sys_tables table.
09/10/20259384GeneralChanged
  • All columns in statically defined Views are now reported as read-only.
09/05/20259379ServiceNowAdded
  • Added the FullOrderByPushDown connection property.
09/03/20259377GeneralChanged
  • Corrected the behavior when IN criteria with NULL values are used in the projection part. It now returns NULL instead of 0. For example, "NULL IN (1,2)" returns "NULL".
09/01/20259375GeneralAdded
  • Added support for using the CAST function with infinity values. This function can cast "inf" and "-inf" to DOUBLE, FLOAT, or REAL.
08/21/20259364GeneralChanged
  • Report behavior change:
    • Fixed inconsistent string value comparisons in non-table queries.
    • For example, "SELECT 'A' = 'a'" previously returned false, but it now returns true.
08/13/20259356GeneralChanged
  • Changed the maximum number of pages held in memory from 15 to 5 for the page providers to decrease heap usage.
08/11/20259354ServiceNowAdded
  • Added the GetRecord stored procedure.
  • Added the GetTableSchema stored procedure.
08/08/20259351ServiceNowAdded
  • Added the UpdateRecord stored procedure.
  • Added the DeleteRecord stored procedure.
07/31/20259343ServiceNowAdded
  • Added the CreateRecord stored procedure.
07/18/20259330ServiceNowRemoved
  • Removed the OAuthGrantType property. The grant type is now set implicitly through the 'AuthScheme' property. For example, you can use the 'OAuthPassword' AuthScheme instead of AuthScheme=OAuth with OAuthGrantType=Password.
07/03/20259315ODBCChanged
  • ODBC for Mac now works out-of-the-box on ARM64. However, x86_64 users must configure the NativeFolder to load the Oracle OCI libraries from <INSTALL ROOT>/lib/x86_64.
06/25/20259307GeneralRemoved
  • Removed the "ADLS Gen 1" value from the ConnectionType property.
06/20/20259302GeneralAdded
  • Created the following functions:
    • TEXT_ENCODE: encodes a string into a different charset (UTF8 → UTF7 and returns a binary array as the result).
    • TEXT_DECODE: takes a binary array and decodes it back into a string when provided the charset.
    • BASE64_ENCODE: takes a binary array and encodes it as a base64 string (varchar).
    • BASE64_DECODE: takes a base 64-encoded string and decodes it into a binary array.
06/18/20259300GeneralChanged
  • The internal code for exception handling has been refactored. Exception messages returned during certain error conditions may now have different wording or formatting.
05/27/20259278GeneralRemoved
  • Removed the "Proprietary" enum option from ProxyAuthscheme.
05/27/20259278ODBCRemoved
  • Removed support for the C# implementation of SQLite. Features that previously used this implementation by default, such as AutoCache and EF6 schema caching, now require the native SQLite driver.
05/12/20259263ODBCChanged
  • Updated embedded JRE to jre-17.0.15+6 (Linux x64 / MacOS x64) and jre-17.0.15+6 (MacOS aarch64).
02/15/20259177GeneralAdded
  • Added support for converting unsigned integer types to the nearest signed data type that has enough precision to hold the unsigned value.This is done for JDBC only because it does not have support for unsigned data types.
12/24/20249124ODBCAdded
  • Added support for ARM64 on Windows.
12/06/20249106ServiceNowAdded
  • Added the UseDisplayColumnNames connection property. When this property is set to True, the driver exposes columns by their display (GUI) names instead of their API names.
11/27/20249097GeneralAdded
  • Added ThreadId to LogModule output. Logfile lines now include the Thread ID associated with the action being performed.
09/06/20249015ServiceNowChanged
  • Fields corresponding to "Journal" type fields in the ServiceNow UI are now marked as read-only since the ServiceNow API does not allow insert or update operations for these fields.
06/05/20248922ServiceNowRemoved
  • Removed "Auto" option for the AuthScheme connection property.
05/09/20248895GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function previously did not accept negative precision values. That feature has now been restored.
03/18/20248843ServiceNowAdded
  • Added PushEmptyValuesAsNull connection property, which will push NULL values instead of empty strings when enabled.
03/15/20248840GeneralAdded
  • Created a new SQL function called STRING_COMPARE that provides java's String.compare() ability to SQL queries. Returns a number representative of the compared value of two strings
11/29/20238733GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function doesn't accept the negative precision values anymore.

Changed
  • The returning types of the FDMonth, FDQuarter, FDWeek, LDMonth, LDQuarter, LDWeek functions are changed from Timestamp to Date.
  • The return type of the ABS function will be consistent with the parameter value type.
11/28/20238732GeneralAdded
  • Added the HMACSHA256 formatter to allow for secrets to be decoded if it is in base64 format
11/09/20238713ServiceNowAdded
  • Added DisplayValueColumnName property, which takes a pattern value to format column names for display values when DisplayValue=ALL. By default, the value of the property is '{0}_display_value'.
06/20/20238571GeneralAdded
  • Added the new sys_lastresultinfo system table.
04/25/20238515GeneralRemoved
  • Removed support for the SELECT INTO CSV statement. The core code doesn't support it anymore.
12/16/20228385ServiceNowAdded
  • Added UploadAttachment as a stored procedure. UploadAttachment can be used to upload a file as an attachment to a specified record. The SP outputs the generated metadata from the uploaded file.
  • Added DownloadAttachment as a stored procedure. DownloadAttachment can be used to download a file attachment from a specific record.
12/14/20228383GeneralChanged
  • Added the Default column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
11/11/20228350ODBCChanged
  • Updated embedded JRE to jre8u345-b01 (Linux x64 / MacOS x64) and jre-17.0.5+8 (MacOS aarch64).
09/30/20228308GeneralChanged
  • Added the IsPath column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
09/06/20228284ServiceNowAdded
  • Added support for server-side GROUP BY, HAVING, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL and aggregate functions such as: min, max, avg, sum, count.
05/17/20228172ODBCChanged
  • Updated VC++ redistributable Libraries to Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable 14.32
05/13/20228168ServiceNowAdded
  • The new OAuthPassowrd authentication method has been added, which will replace the GrantType Password functionality. OAuthPassword requires OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, Username, and Password.

Deprecated
  • OAuthGrantType has been deprecated. Use AuthScheme instead.

Changed
  • Column sizes reported by the ServiceNow Metadata API for the columns of type STRING are not taken into consideration anymore because the endpoint is unreliable.
04/27/20228152ODBCChanged
  • The installer now installs .NET 4.0 instead of .NET 2.0 during default installation when both are present.
12/22/20218026ODBCAdded
  • Added support for transactions.
12/11/20218015ServiceNowAdded
  • Added support to expose the ServiceNow database views as views when the the IncludeDatabaseViews connection property is set to true.
11/10/20217984ServiceNowAdded
  • Added support for Single Sign On (SSO) connection with PingFederate as the Identity Provider (IdP).
10/13/20217956ServiceNowAdded
  • Added the GetColumnsMetadata connection property, which controls when and how the driver should get the columns metadata. When setting it to 'OnUse', the driver will execute the table specific metadata calls the first time the table is referenced, provided the metadata for the table in question aren't already cached.
09/02/20217915GeneralAdded
  • Added support for the STRING_SPLIT table-valued function in the CROSS APPLY clause.
08/07/20217889GeneralChanged
  • Added the KeySeq column to the sys_foreignkeys table.
08/06/20217888GeneralChanged
  • Added the new sys_primarykeys system table.
07/29/20217880ODBCAdded
  • Added support for the Array data type for the input parameters in stored procedures.
07/23/20217874GeneralChanged
  • Updated the Literal Function Names for relative date/datetime functions. Previously, relative date/datetime functions resolved to a different value when used in the projection as opposed to the predicate. For example: SELECT LAST_MONTH() AS lm, Col FROM Table WHERE Col > LAST_MONTH(). Formerly, the two LAST_MONTH() methods would resolve to different datetimes. Now, they will match.
  • As a replacement for the previous behavior, the relative date/datetime functions in the criteria may have an 'L' appended to them. For example: WHERE col > L_LAST_MONTH(). This will continue to resolve to the same values that were previously calculated in the criteria. Note that the "L_" prefix will only work in the predicate - it not available for the projection.
05/29/20217819ODBCAdded
  • Exposed the InitiateOAuth connection property.
05/26/20217816ODBCAdded
  • Added support for the JAVA_HOME setting in the configuration file.
04/29/20217789ODBCAdded
  • Added the SqlMaxColumnNameLen connection property.
04/25/20217785GeneralAdded
  • Added support for handling client side formulas during insert / update. For example: UPDATE Table SET Col1 = CONCAT(Col1, " - ", Col2) WHERE Col2 LIKE 'A%'
04/23/20217783GeneralChanged
  • Updated how display sizes are determined for varchar primary key and foreign key columns so they will match the reported length of the column.
04/16/20217776GeneralAdded
  • Non-conditional updates between two columns is now available to all drivers. For example: UPDATE Table SET Col1=Col2
04/16/20217776GeneralChanged
  • Reduced the length to 255 for varchar primary key and foreign key columns.

Changed
  • Updated index naming convention to avoid duplicates.
04/16/20217776GeneralChanged
  • Updated implicit and metadata caching to improve performance and support for multiple connections. Old metadata caches are not compatible - you need to generate new metadata caches if you are currently using CacheMetadata.
04/16/20217776ODBCChanged
  • ODBC Drivers on Linux and Mac now depend on the JRE, which brings improved stability and performance.
04/15/20217775ServiceNowDeprecated
  • Deprecated Instance connection property.

Replacement
  • The URL connection property replaces the Instance connection property. The user should now set the base URL of the ServiceNow instance site, instead of the instance Id. For example: https://MyInstance12345.service-now.com.
04/13/20217773ServiceNowChanged
  • The OneLogin method we used previously has been deprecated by OneLogin. We have updated our design to use the latest version of the OneLogin API, which now requires a seperate OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret associated with your OneLogin app to be passed in through SSOProperties. The APIKey that was formerly passed in through SSOProperties for OneLogin is removed.
  • OneLogin also no longer uses SSOLoginURL. Instead, Subdomain and AppId should be specified inside the SSOProperties.
03/24/20217753ServiceNowDeprecated
  • Deprecated SSOUser, SSOPassword, SSOProvider, OktaAppEmbedLink and OKTAApiToken connection properties.

Replacements
  • User and Password replaces SSOUser and SSOPassword.
  • Authscheme replaces SSOProvider.
  • SSOLoginURL replaces OktaAppEmbedLink as it is more generic and applicable to other SSO providers.
  • ApiToken replaces OKTAApiToken as it is more generic and applicable to other SSO providers.

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