ODBC Driver for SQL Server

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.
09/03/20259377GeneralChanged
  • 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.
07/18/20259330SQL ServerRemoved
  • 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.
11/27/20249097GeneralAdded
  • Added ThreadId to LogModule output. Logfile lines now include the Thread ID associated with the action being performed.
05/09/20248895GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function previously did not accept negative precision values. That feature has now been restored.
04/24/20248880SQL ServerAdded
  • Added support for bulkcopy, which can be enabled by setting "BatchMode=BCP".
03/21/20248846SQL ServerChanged
  • Support new encryption type "Strict" in the property 'Encrypt', it enforces good security practices and makes SQL Server traffic manageable by standard network appliances.
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
01/24/20248789SQL ServerAdded
  • Added support for synonyms as TableType when retrieving tables metadata.
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
05/26/20238546SQL ServerAdded
  • Introduced a connection property "IncludeSystemSchemas" to specify whether to query the system schemas, including 'guest' and those whose names start with 'db_'.
04/25/20238515GeneralRemoved
  • Removed support for the SELECT INTO CSV statement. The core code doesn't support it anymore.
11/11/20228350ODBCChanged
  • Updated embedded JRE to jre8u345-b01 (Linux x64 / MacOS x64) and jre-17.0.5+8 (MacOS aarch64).
07/20/20228236SQL ServerAdded
  • Introduced a hidden connection property "DateTimeOffsetTypeScheme" to toggle the conversion for MS SQL Server DateTimeOffset type. When setting "DateTimeOffsetTypeScheme=LOCAL", the DateTime object will be based on local time zone.
05/17/20228172ODBCChanged
  • Updated VC++ redistributable Libraries to Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable 14.32
04/27/20228152ODBCChanged
  • The installer now installs .NET 4.0 instead of .NET 2.0 during default installation when both are present.
02/15/20228081SQL ServerChanged
  • Encoded database name internally while retrieving schemas. Fixes an issue with retrieving databases with special characters in the name, such as hyphens.
12/22/20218026ODBCAdded
  • Added support for transactions.
09/02/20217915GeneralAdded
  • Added support for the STRING_SPLIT table-valued function in the CROSS APPLY clause.
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.
07/08/20217859GeneralAdded
  • Added the TCP Logging Module for the logging information happening on the TCP wire protocol. The transport bytes that are incoming and ongoing will be logged at verbosity=5.
06/05/20217826SQL ServerAdded
  • Added support for the AzureServicePrinciple authentication scheme.
  • Added support to authenticate submitting JWT certs instead of the OAuthClientSecret for the AzureServicePrinciple and AzureAD authentication schemes.
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.
04/16/20217776ODBCChanged
  • ODBC Drivers on Linux and Mac now depend on the JRE, which brings improved stability and performance.
04/15/20217775GeneralChanged
  • Kerberos authentication is updated to use TCP by default, but will fall back to UDP if a TCP connection cannot be established.

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