============================================================================== Simba DynamoDB ODBC Data Connector Release Notes ============================================================================== The release notes provide details of enhancements, features, known issues, and workflow changes in Simba DynamoDB ODBC Connector 1.3.2.1001, as well as the version history. This version of the driver supports the following platforms: * Windows 11, Windows Server 2025, 2022, 2019, or 2016 * macOS 15 ARM * RHEL 8 ,9, or 10, SLES 15, Debian 10 ,11 ,or 13, Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 1.3.2.1001 =================================================================== Released 2025-12-05 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector has been updated to use the following libraries: - expat 2.7.3 (previously 2.7.1) - OpenSSL 3.0.18 (previously 3.0.16) * Updated Schema Editor The connector has been updated to use version 4.6.2.1001 of the Schema Editor. * Updated support for multiple operating systems The connector now supports the following operating systems: - Debian 13 - RHEL 8, or 10 - macOS 15 ARM Workflow Changes ============================================================= The following changes may disrupt established workflows for the connector. 1.3.2.1001 ------------------------------------------------------------------ * Removed support for multiple operating systems Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following operating systems: - CentOS 7 and 8 - macOS 13 ARM - Windows 10 1.2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Removed Visual Studio 2015 support Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports Visual Studio 2015. For information about the supported Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Removed support for multiple operating systems Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following operating systems: - Debian 8 or 9 - RHEL 7 - Ubuntu 18.04 - Windows 8.1 or 7 SP1 - Windows Server 2012 or 2008 R2 SP1 For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Removed support for earlier versions of Linux distributions Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following versions of Linux distributions: - Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 - SLES 11 For a list of supported Linux versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.1.13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * [DDBO-421][DDBO-423][DDBO-424] Removed support for multiple operating systems Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following operating systems: - Windows 7 - Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 - CentOS 6 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 - macOS 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, and 10.12 For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * [DDBO-422] Removed support for the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013 Beginning with this release, the driver now requires the 2015 version of this dependency instead of the 2013 version. To download the installation packages for the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=48145. Version History ============================================================== 1.3.1.1000 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2025-05-09 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector has been updated to use the following libraries: - expat 2.7.1 (previously 2.6.2) - ICU 74.2 (previously 71.1) - libcurl 8.12.1 (previously 8.7.1) - OpenSSL 3.0.16 (previously 3.0.13) * Updated Schema Editor The connector has been updated to use version 4.6.1.1000 of the Schema Editor. * Updated Windows server support The connector now supports Windows Server 2025. For a list of supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2024-08-14 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector has been updated to use the following libraries: - expat 2.6.2 (previously 2.5.0) - libcurl 8.7.1 (previously 8.4.0) - OpenSSL 3.0.13 (previously 3.0.12) - pcre 8.45 (previously 8.37) - rapidjson 1.1.0 (previously 20160518) - zlib 1.3.1 (previously 1.2.13) * Updated Schema Editor The connector has been updated to use version 4.4.5 of the Schema Editor. * Upgraded Visual Studio support The connector now uses Windows Visual Studio 2022. For supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Updated support for multiple operating systems The connector now supports the following operating systems: - Debian 11 - RHEL 8 - Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 - Windows 11 - Windows Server 2022 For a list of supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. Resolved Issues The following issue has been resolved in Simba DynamoDB ODBC Connector 1.2.3. * Whenever a Global Secondary Index is added to empty tables, the connector crashes. 1.2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-12-13 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector has been updated to use the following libraries: - libcurl version 8.4.0 (previously 8.1.2) - OpenSSL version 3.0.12 (previously 3.0.9) * Updated SLES support The connector now supports SLES version 15. For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-08-11 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector has been updated to use the following libraries: - libcurl version 8.1.2 (previously 7.88.1) - OpenSSL version 3.0.9 (previously 3.0.8) * Updated Schema Editor The connector has been updated to use version 4.4.1 of the Schema Editor. 1.2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-04-07 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - Expat 2.5.0 (previously 2.4.6) - ICU 71.1.x (previously 58.3.x) - LibCurl 7.88.1 (previously 7.84.0) - OpenSSL 3.0.8 (previously 1.1.1) - Zlib 1.2.13 (previously 1.2.11) * Updated Schema Editor The connector has been updated to use version 4.4.0 of the Schema Editor. 1.1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2022-09-23 Enhancements & New Features * [DDBO-497][DDBO-498] Upgraded third-party libraries The connector has been updated to use the following libraries: - libcurl version 7.84.0 (previously 7.78.0) - OpenSSL version 1.1.1q (previously 1.1.1n) * [DDBO-455] Updated Ubuntu support The connector now supports Ubuntu versions 18.04 and 20.04. For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. Resolved Issues The following issue has been resolved in Simba DynamoDB ODBC Connector 1.1.5. * [DDBO-485] When connecting with the connector there are permission issues. This issue has been resolved. The connector now ignores access denied tables and continues with other tables. 1.1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2022-06-17 Enhancements & New Features * [DDBO-486] Store number values as string types You can now configure the connector to store number values as string types. To do this, check the Number Value As String box (set the NumberValueAsString property to 1). For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [DDBO-487] Differentiate between capital and lowercase letters in column names You can now configure the connector to differentiate between capital and lowercase letters in column names. To do this, check the Enable Case Sensitive box (set the EnableCaseSensitive property to 1). For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. Resolved Issues The following issues have been resolved in Simba DynamoDB ODBC Connector 1.1.4. * [DDBO-486] In some cases, the float type value is stored as the incorrect type. * [DDBO-488] In some cases, when retrieving data from an empty map that contains the same key as the parent key, the connector retrieves the parent key data rather than the empty map data. ==============================================================================