============================================================================== Simba PostgreSQL ODBC Data Connector Release Notes ============================================================================== The release notes provide details of enhancements, features, known issues, and workflow changes in Simba PostgreSQL ODBC Connector 1.6.0.1002, as well as the version history. 1.6.0.1002 =================================================================== Released 2025-07-02 Enhancements & New Features * Updated minor internal improvements The connector has been updated with minor internal improvements. Known Issues The following are known issues that you may encounter due to limitations in the data source, the connector, or an application. * Timestamps do not accept negative values. The connector does not support the use of negative values in timestamps. Workflow Changes ============================================================= The following changes may disrupt established workflows for the connector. 1.6.0.1002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- * Removed Ubuntu support Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04. For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.6.0.1000 ------------------------------------------------------------------- * [PGODBC-1660] Removed support for earlier versions of operating systems Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following operating systems: - CentOS 8 - macOS 11 - Oracle Linux 7.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.5.17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * [PGODBC-1660] Removed support for Visual Studio 2015 Beginning with this release, support for Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 has been removed. For supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1713] Removed support for earlier versions of operating systems Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following operating systems: - CentOS 7 - Debian 8, 9, and 10 - RHEL 7 - Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1733] PostgreSQL versions 9.x to 11.0, have been deprecated. 1.5.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * [PGODBC-1590] Removed support for macOS versions Beginning with this release, the macOS connector no longer supports version 10.13 to 10.15. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1595] Removing support for Windows 8.1 As early as August 2023, the connector will no longer support Windows 8.1. For information about the supported Windows versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.4.54 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * [PGODBC-1104] Updated PostgreSQL 12 behavior The following behaviors have been updated for PostgreSQL 12: - All of the key column's names are used when selecting default constraint names for foreign keys. - Improved rounding performance of real and double precision values. For more information, see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/release-12.html. * [PGODBC-1521] Updated Minimum TLS default value The default value for Minimum TLS is now 1.2. Previously, it was 1.0. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.4.28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * [PGODBC-1038] Updated EnforceSingleStatement and UseMultipleStatements description The description of the EnforceSingleStatement and UseMultipleStatements options have been changed to reflect the actual behavior. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1038] Updated query processing modes behavior The connector's behavior for the query processing modes have been updated. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1358] Removed support for CentOS 6 and RHEL 6 Beginning with this release, support for CentOS 6 and RHEL 6 have been removed. For a list of supported Linux versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.4.18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Removed support for earlier versions of operating systems Beginning with this release, the driver no longer supports the following operating systems: - Windows 7 SP1 - Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 - Debian 7 - Ubuntu 14.04 For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1277] New default value for Bytea As LongVarBinary The default value of the Bytea As LongVarBinary option (ByteaAsLongVarBinary connection property) is now Enabled (1). Previously, the default value was Disabled (0). For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.4.14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * [PGODBC-1186] 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 ============================================================== 1.6.0.1001 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2025-06-26 Enhancements & New Features * [PGODBC-1781] Updated Windows Server support The connector now supports Windows Server 2025. For a list of supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.6.0.1000 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2025-04-07 Enhancements & New Features * [PGODBC-1703] Updated SEN SDK support The connector now uses SEN SDK version 10.3. Previously, the connector used SEN SDK version 10.2. * [PGODBC-1755][PGODBC-1756][PGODBC-1757][PGODBC-1766] Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - Expat 2.6.4 (previously 2.6.3) - libcurl 8.12.0 (previously 8.10.1) - libpq 14.16 (previously 14.2) - OpenSSL 3.0.16 (previously 3.0.15) * [PGODBC-1734] Updated PostgreSQL version support The connector now supports PostgreSQL versions 12 through 17. For a list of supported PostgreSQL versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1773] Updated support for multiple operating systems The connector now supports the following operating systems: - Debian 12 - macOS 13 and 14 - RHEL 9 For a list of supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.5.17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2024-08-30 Enhancements & New Features * [PGODBC-1658][PGODBC-1708] Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - Expat 2.6.2 (previously 2.6.0) - OpenSSL 3.0.13 (previously 3.0.12) * [PGODBC-1710] Updated Ubuntu version support The connector now supports Ubuntu 24.04. For supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. Resolved Issues The following issue has been resolved in Simba PostgreSQL ODBC Connector 1.5.17. * [PGODBC-1652] In ODBC 2.0, when SQLProcedureColumns is called, the SEQ_IN_INDEX column is incorrectly named. 1.5.11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2023-12-20 * [PGODBC-1648][PGODBC-1650] Updated OpenSSL library The connector has been updated to use version 3.0.12 of the OpenSSL library. Previously, the connector used 3.0.9. * [PGODBC-1649] Internal security-related improvements The connector has been updated with security-related improvements. Resolved Issues The following issues have been resolved in Simba PostgreSQL ODBC Connector 1.5.11. * [PGODBC-1640] When SQLColumns() function is called, the connector returns 0 instead of NULL for NUM_PREC_RADIX and CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH. * [PGODBC-1642] In some cases, custom SQLState overriddes to SQLState S1000 for errors and 01000 for warnings. * The connector computes the value returned for SQL_DESC_OCTET_LENGTH from the IRD (and thus also SQLColAttribute) for character types by using the maximum size of a codepoint, instead of the size of a code unit. For both wide and non-wide types, the column size was previously used directly for non-wide types as the code unit size was assumed to be 1. 1.5.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-07-06 Enhancements & New Features * [PGODBC-1572] Updated OpenSSL support The connector now uses OpenSSL version 3.0.9. Previously, the connector used OpenSSL version 1.1.1n. * [PGODBC-1566] New attribute to retrieve SSL information You can now retrieve the SSL information of a connection using the PGO_CONN_SSL_INFO custom attribute with SQLGetConnectAttr. The value of PGO_CONN_SSL_INFO is 16385. * [PGODBC-1595][PGODBC-1602] Updated platform support The connector now supports the following platform versions: - Windows 11 - Windows server 2022 - Debian 10 and 11 - Ubuntu 22.04 For a list of supported platform versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [PGODBC-1576] Updated macOS Support On macOS, the connector is now a Universal driver that natively supports Apple Silicon. Resolved Issues The following issue has been resolved in Simba PostgreSQL ODBC Connector 1.5.2. * [PGODBC-1567] When SingleRowMode is enabled and two queries are executed in a row, the connector returns a "Query cancelled on user's request" error for the latter query. ==============================================================================