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Simba MySQL ODBC Driver Release Notes 
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The release notes provide details of enhancements, features, and known issues 
in Simba MySQL ODBC Driver 1.0.3, as well as the version history. 


1.0.3 ======================================================================= 

Released 2017-12-05

Enhancements & New Features

 * Support for system tables
 
   The driver now supports the SYSTEM TABLE type.
  
 * Prefixes for log file names
 
   You can now configure the driver to add a prefix to log file names. The 
   prefix includes the user name associated with the connection and the 
   process ID of the application through which the connection is made. To 
   enable this feature, set the UseLogPrefix connection property to 1. For 
   more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.

 
Resolved Issues
The following issue has been resolved in Simba MySQL Driver 1.0.3.
 
 * When attempting to update OpenSSL libraries, the driver may terminate
   unexpectedly, displaying the system message "side-by-side configuration is
  incorrect."


Known Issues 
The following are known issues that you may encounter due to limitations in 
the data source, the driver, or an application. 

 * Cursors are non-scrollable.
 
   The driver only supports forward-only cursors; it does not allow cursors 
   to move backward through query results. This driver behavior is consistent 
   with the behavior that is officially defined for MySQL cursors, which are 
   non-scrollable.
   
 * Local Socket/Pipe connections are not supported.
 
   The driver does not support named pipe or socket file connections. You must
   connect to the server using a TCP/IP connection.
   
 * Query bookmarks are not supported.
 
   The driver cannot create query bookmarks or retrieve information from
   existing bookmarks.
   
 * Positioned statements are not supported.

   The driver cannot execute statements on the rows from a result set.
   
 * External authentication plugins are not supported.
 
   The driver does not support the following authentication plugins:
   - PAM
   - Cleartext client-side
   - Socket peer-credential
   
   Instead, use the native, SHA-265, or Windows native authentication plugins.
   
 * Driver only supports the utf8mb4 character set.
 
   Currently, the driver cannot use different character sets when working with
   data.

   
Version History =============================================================

1.0.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Released 2017-11-03

Resolved Issues 
The following issues were resolved in Simba MySQL Driver 1.0.2.   

 * Queries that do not affect rows, such as CREATE TABLE or DROP TABLE 
   queries, return SQL_NO_DATA_FOUND even if the driver executed the query 
   successfully.   

 * Data type information is returned inconsistently.
 
   This issue has been resolved. Before, depending on the specific catalog
   function that was called, the driver returned different information about 
   the supported data types and how data is mapped between MySQL types and SQL 
   types. The driver now returns the information correctly. 
   
   For more information, see the "Data Types" section in the Installation and
   Configuration Guide.


1.0.1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Released 2017-09-07

Enhancements & New Features

 * SSL System Trust Store
 
   The driver now supports verification using certificates from the Windows
   system trust store.
   
 * Limit Column Size to Signed 32-bit value
 
   The driver can be configured to limit column sizes to signed 32-bit values,
   preventing problems with larger column sizes in applications that do not
   support them.
   
  
Resolved Issues 
The following issues have been resolved in Simba MySQL Driver 1.0.1.   

 * Native authentication without a password is not supported.
 
 * Driver would quit unexpectedly, reporting a commlink error.
 
 * If TLS options were not specified, the driver would not behave as
   expected.
   
 * If an alternate locale is specified in the connection settings, the
   driver still uses the host machine's locale setting.
   
 * DBMS version number of the product accessed by the driver is not correctly
   formatted.
   
 * Driver does not correctly strip curly braces ( {} ) from procedure escapes. 
 
 * In some cases, the value for info.m_certPath would not be read.
 
 * Hardcoded value used to identify localhost or IP address during connection has
   been updated with a more effective solution.
   
 * System messages in the Main Dialog have been made clearer.


1.0.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Released 2017-03-30

 * Version 1.0.0 was the initial release of the Simba MySQL ODBC Driver.
 
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