ODBC Driver release notes for 2024¶

New features and updates¶

• Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 and CentOS 8 for ARM64 processors.

• Added a connectivity diagnostics mode, including the following new connection parameters:

  • enable_connection_diag, which controls whether the connector generates a connectivity diagnostic report.

  • connection_diag_log_path, which is the absolute path where the connectivity report is stored.

  • connection_diag_allowlist_path, which is the absolute path to a JSON file containing the output of SYSTEM$ALLOWLIST() or SYSTEM$ALLOWLIST_PRIVATELINK().

• Updated the following libraries:

  • curl from version 8.7.1 to 8.10.1.

  • openssl from version 3.0.13 to 3.0.15.

Bug fixes¶

• None.

New features and updates¶

• Improved error messages for network errors.

Bug fixes¶

• Fixed an issue of introducing delays in some cases when running put/get command.

• Fixed an issue where unsupported usage of SQL_DEFAULT_PARAM is not handled correctly.

New features and updates¶

• Added support for passing private key file content through SQLSetConnectAttr when using key-pair authentication.

• Added support for different top-level domains, such as .cn in China.

• Added a change log in the Linux rpm package.

• Increased the maximum allowable LOB (large object) size.

Bug fixes¶

• Fixed an issue that caused the driver to become unresponsive in some cases when logging.

• Fixed an issue where an error is returned when calling a SQL procedure that returns NULL.

• Fixed an issue where multi-statement queries returned incorrect query results when the multi-statement query had more than one USE command.

• Fixed an issue with memory leaks when reading environment variables.

• Fixed an issue where proxy settings in environment variables is not honored on Windows.

New features and updates¶

• Added the disableSamUrlCheck connection parameter to disable verification for SAML URLs.

Bug fixes¶

• Fixed an issue with choosing the S3 regional URL domain based on the region name.

• Fixed an issue where the driver didn’t return query results correctly in some cases using scripting.

• Fixed an issue where SQLColAttribute(SQL_DESC_TYPE_NAME) didn’t return type names for custom SQL data types.

• Fixed an issue with incorrect information in logging.

New features and updates¶

• Updated the following library versions:

  • arrow from 0.17.1 to 15.0.0.

  • aws sdk from 1.3.50 to 1.11.283.

  • curl from 8.6.0 to 8.7.1.

Bug fixes¶

• None.

New features and updates¶

• Added support for log settings in a logging configuration file.

• Updated the following library versions:

  • curl from 8.4.0 to 8.6.0.

  • openssl from 3.0.11 to 3.0.13.

  • zlib from 1.2.13 to 1.3.1.

Bug fixes¶

• Fixed performance regression on Windows when using SQLGetData to retrieve the query results.

• Fixed an issue where SQLProcedures() didn’t list stored procedures that returned a table without a column definition.

• Upgraded the compiler on Windows and added more build flags to address security concerns.

• Fixed an issue where memory allocation failures could cause applications to terminate with a potential resource leak.

• Fixed an issue relating to out of bounds memory access errors.

• Removed CRT functions banned by Microsoft due to security concerns.

• Fixed an issue where using key pair authentication failed when a private key file path contained non-ASCII characters.

BCR (Behavior Change Release) changes¶

With the 3.2.0 release, the ODBC driver removed the ODBCInstLib setting in the configuration file when initially installing the driver. During installation, the driver now searches the driver manager library for different possible locations based on the platform. This approach provides greater flexibility for various platforms. If the driver cannot find the library, it displays an Unable to locate SQLGetPrivateProfileString function error. In this case, you might need to set ODBCInstLib manually with the name of the driver manager on your system. For more information, see Configure the ODBC Driver.

New features and updates¶

• Added support for multiple SAML integrations.

Bug fixes¶

• Fixed performance regression on Windows when using SQLGetData to retrieve the query result. Some cases, such as varchar, might still experience performance regression. These issues will be fixed in a future release.

• Fixed an issue where using Okta authentication failed when receiving an HTTP 429 error.

• Fixed an improper error message when creating a DSN with an invalid name.