============================================================================== Simba Salesforce Marketing Cloud ODBC Data Connector Release Notes ============================================================================== The release notes provide details of enhancements, features, known issues, resolved issues, and workflow changes in Simba Salesforce Marketing Cloud ODBC Connector 1.8.1, as well as the version history. 1.8.1 ======================================================================== Released 2025-07-08 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - Expat 2.7.1 (previously 2.6.3) - ICU 74.2 (previously 71.1) - LibCurl 8.12.1 (previously 8.10.1) - OpenSSL 3.0.16 (previously 3.0.15) * Upgraded Windows Server support The connector now uses Windows Server 2025. For a list of supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Updated macOS compiler The connector now uses macOS 15 ARM Xcode 16.2. For a list of supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Update on database schemas No new database schemas are added, modified, or decommissioned. Known Issues The following are known issues that you may encounter due to limitations in the data source, the connector, or an application. * In some cases, if you query data while the EncryptSwapFile property is set to 1, the connector might return a corrupted result set. When this issue occurs, the returned result set is corrupted, but the original data in the data store is not affected. As a potential workaround, do either of the following: - Disable swap file creation by setting the MemoryManagerStrategy property to 1. However, be aware that while this setting prevents the connector from returning corrupted result sets, it may also cause some SQL operations on non-SQL data to return out-of-memory errors. - If your query does not involve sensitive data, set the EncryptSwapFile property to 0 before running the query. However, be aware that when swap file encryption is disabled, any data that the connector caches in order to support the query is written in plain text. For more information about the swap file and memory manager features, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * In some cases, a request may fail and return a JSON parsing error. This issue occurs because the Salesforce Marketing Cloud server sometimes sends an incomplete response. Workflow Changes ============================================================= The following changes may disrupt established workflows for the connector. 1.8.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Removed support for earlier versions of the operating system Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following Operating systems: - SLES 12.0 - Ubuntu 20.04 For a list of supported platform versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.7.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * [MPH-16290] Removed support for earlier versions of platform Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following versions of platform: - Windows Server 2012r2 - macOS 10.15 - CentOS 7 - Debian 9 and 10 - Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 7 For a list of supported platform versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.7.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 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 Windows operating systems Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following operating systems: - Windows 8.1 - Windows server 2008 R2 SP1 For a list of supported operating systems, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.7.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Updated UseProxy default value The default value for UseProxy is now Disabled (0). Previously, the default value was Enabled (1). For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.6.43 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Removed Contacts schema table support The connector no longer supports the Contacts schema table. For a list of supported schema tables, see the Reference Guide. 1.6.40 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Removed support for OS platforms Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports the following OS platforms: - Windows 7 SP1 - Windows Server 2008 R2 For a list of supported OS versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Removed support for Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013 Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports this version of the dependency and requires Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 instead. For information about the supported Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.5.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Updated requirements for the SalesforceMarketingCloudODBC.did file on Windows Beginning with this release, the driver requires the SalesforceMarketingCloudODBC.did file to be included in the \lib subfolder in the driver installation directory on Windows, regardless of the type of installation being used. Otherwise, the driver does not work as expected. - If your Windows Registry specifies the SalesforceMarketingCloudODBCPlugin_sb32.dll or SalesforceMarketingCloudODBCPlugin_sb64.dll file as the driver library file, then you must copy the SalesforceMarketingCloudODBC.did file into the \lib subfolder. - Or, if your Windows Registry specifies the RDFODBC_sb32.dll or RDFODBC_sb64.dll file as the driver library file, then you must rename the SalesforceMarketingCloudODBC.did file into "RDFODBC.did", and then copy that file into the \lib subfolder. When upgrading to this version of the driver, make sure that the SalesforceMarketingCloudODBC.did file has been named and copied as described above. 1.5.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Minimum TLS Version Beginning with this release, the driver requires a minimum version of TLS for encrypting the data store connection. By default, the driver requires TLS version 1.2. This requirement may cause existing DSNs and connection strings to stop working, if they are used to connect to data stores that use a TLS version earlier than 1.2. To resolve this, in your DSN or connection string, set the Minimum TLS option (the Min_TLS property) to the appropriate version of TLS for your server. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. Version History ============================================================== 1.7.10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2025-01-31 Enhancements & New Features * Updated Internal improvements The connector has been updated with minor internal improvements. 1.7.8.5008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2024-11-08 Resolved Issues The following issue has been resolved in Simba Salesforce Marketing Cloud ODBC Connector 1.7.8.5008. * [MPH-17209] The connector has included the patched rapidjson to resolve the security issues. 1.7.8.3008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2024-10-25 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - Expat 2.6.3 (previously 2.6.2) - LibcURL 8.10.1 (previously 8.7.1) - Openssl 3.0.15 (previously 3.0.13) - RapidJson 20220112 (previously 20160518) * Update on database schemas No new database schemas are added, modified, or decommissioned. 1.7.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2024-06-26 Enhancements & New Features * [MPH-16270] Updated Ubuntu support The connector now supports Ubuntu 24.04 version. For a list of supported platform versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * [MPH-16341] Updated FIPS support You can now enable FIPS support by downloading a separate FIPS package available for assistance. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Update on database schemas No new database schema are added, modified and decommissioned. 1.7.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2024-04-12 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - Expat 2.6.2 (previously 2.6.0) - libcURL 8.7.1 (previously 8.6.0) 1.7.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2024-03-19 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - Expat 2.6.0 (previously 2.5.0) - libcURL 8.6.0 (previously 8.4.0) - OpenSSL 3.0.13 (previously 3.0.11) - pcre 10.42 (previously 8.45) - Poco 1.12.5 (previously 1.12.4) - Zlib 1.3.1 (previously 1.2.13) * Updated security The following compiler and linker flags have been used to improve security checks in the connector: - /CETCOMPAT - /Qspectre * Updated Visual Studio support The connector now supports Windows Visual Studio 2022. For supported versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Updated Windows platform support The connector now supports the following platform versions: - Windows Server 2019 and 2022 - Windows 11 For a list of supported platform versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.7.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-10-23 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - LibCurl 8.4.0 (previously 8.1.2) - OpenSSL 3.0.11 (previously 3.0.9) - pcre 8.45 (previously 8.37) * Updated security The following compiler and linker flags have been used to improve security checks in the connector: - /guard:cf - /SDL - ZH:SHA_256 1.7.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-06-29 Enhancements & New Features * Updated third-party libraries The connector now uses the following third-party libraries: - LibCurl 8.1.2 (previously 7.88.1) - OpenSSL 3.0.9 (previously 3.0.8) 1.7.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-05-17 Enhancements & New Features * Support for account_id feature The connector can now support account id associated with your Salesforce Marketing Cloud application. To do this, enter the value for accound_id. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. 1.7.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released 2023-04-03 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) - OpenSSL 3.0.8 (previously 1.1.1s) - Poco 1.12.4 (previously 1.9.0) - ZLib 1.2.13 (previously 1.2.11) * UseProxy support The connector can now enable or disable the connection through the proxy server. To do this, select the Use Proxy checkbox (set the UseProxy connection property to 1). For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. * Updated database schema The database schema has been updated. This may include changes to the list of supported tables or the metadata in the tables. For more information, see the Reference Guide. ==============================================================================