9.9 Release notes: Apr 07, 2025-Apr 09, 2025

Attention

The release has completed. For differences between the in-advance and final versions of these release notes, see Release notes change log.

SQL updates

New Snowflake parameter: DEFAULT_NULL_ORDERING

The new Snowflake parameter DEFAULT_NULL_ORDERING controls the default ordering of NULL values in a result set. When this parameter is set to FIRST, NULL values are lower than any non-NULL values. When this parameter is set to LAST, NULL values are higher than any non-NULL values. The default value is LAST, which is the same behavior as past releases.

For more information, see DEFAULT_NULL_ORDERING.

Extensibility updates

Artifact Repository (Preview)

Artifact Repository allows you to directly use Python packages from the Python Package Index (PyPI) within Snowpark Python user-defined functions (UDFs) and stored procedures. This capability significantly simplifies development workflows, making it easier to build and scale Python-powered applications in Snowflake.

For more information, see Artifact Repository overview.

Release notes change log

Announcement

Update

Date

Release notes

Initial publication (preview)

04-Apr-25

Artifact Repository — Preview

Added to Extensibility updates section

09-Apr-25