[8.1.0] Preview Release

Added

• Added ISQLServerBulkData to remove implementation details from ISQLServerBulkRecord #1099
• Added support for Azure national clouds when using Azure Key Vault #1130
• Implemented hashCode() and equals() APIs for SQLServerDataTable and SQLServerDataColumn #1146
• Added support for JAVA 13 #1151
• Added support for Always Encrypted with Secure Enclaves #1155

Fixed Issues

• Fixed Geography.STAsBinary() returning null for a single point #1074
• Fixed DatabaseMetaData.getImportedKeys() returning duplicate rows #1092
• Fixed issue with truststore password being removed too early for XA connections #1133
• Fixed issue with SQLServerDatabaseMetada.getColumns() not escaping wildcard characters #1138
• Removed extra spaces in SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.getNumericFunctions() and SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.getStringFunctions() return values #1117

Changed

• Improved performance of column name lookups #1066
• Test improvements #1100
• Updated issue templates #1148
• Improved performance of CallableStatement and ParameterMetaData when using procedure names that contain wildcard characters #1149
• Updated CI to use SQL Server 2012 instead of 2008R2 #1153

[7.4.1] HotFix & Stable Release

Fixed Issues

• Reverted #1025 as it contains breaking changes. This removes hashCode() and equals() APIs from SQLServerDataTable and SQLServerDataColumn.

[7.4.0] Stable Release

Fixed Issues

• Fixed issues reported by Static Analysis Tool - SonarQube #1077 #1103
• Fixed issues with array bound checking in 'useFmtOnly' implementation #1094

Changed

• Performance improvements #1075
• Changed NTLM Authentication implementation to not store password in plain text #1095 #1108
• Updated the Maven dependency of 'Java Client Runtime for AutoRest' to 1.6.10 version of the library #1097
• Changed NTLM Authentication error strings #1105

[7.3.1] Preview Release

Added

• Added support for NTLM Authentication #998
• Added new connection property 'useFmtOnly' to retrieve parameter metadata #1044
• Added support for JDK 12 with an additional "jre12" JAR #1050
• Added 'keyVaultProviderClientId' and 'keyVaultProviderClientKey' connection properties to enhance Always Encrypted usability #902
• Implemented hashCode() and equals() APIs for SQLServerDataTable and SQLServerDataColumn #1025
• Added Maven Shade plugin configuration to package the driver jars in uber-jars #1043 #1078 #1081

Fixed Issues

• Fixed DatabaseMetadata.getColumns() API to return ResultSet as per JDBC 4.3 Specifications #1016
• Fixed issue with invalid Spatial data types by marking them valid by default #1035
• Fixed issues with Login Timeout not getting applied appropriately #1049
• Fixed SharedTimer implementation to use class level lock for thread safety #1046
• Fixed issues with SQLServerDatabaseMetadata.getMaxConnections() API query #1009
• Fixed issues with next ResultSet being consumed when reading warnings #991
• Fixed exception handling in SQLServerPreparedStatement to make it consistent with SQLServerStatement #1003
• Fixed misleading exception message in SQLServerCallableStatement implementation #1064
• JUnit Test fixes and improvements #994 #1004 #1005 #1006 #1008 #1015 #1017 #1019 #1027 #1032 #1034 #1036 #1041 #1047 #1060

Changed

• Improved performance of driver by continuously cleaning up ActivityIds stored in internal Map #1020
• Improved performance by removing Enum.values() calls to avoid unnecessary array cloning #1065
• Improved performance of SQLServerDataTable.internalAddRow() function #990

[7.2.2] Hotfix & Stable Release

Fixed Issues

• Fixed issues with ActivityIDs not getting cleaned up properly #1028

[7.3.0] Preview Release

Added

• Added support in SQLServerBulkCopy to allow Pooled/XA Connection instances during object creation #968
• Added support for FLOAT data type for bulk copy operation when using RowSet #986

Fixed Issues

• Fixed a possible Statement leak in SQLServerConnection.isValid() API #955
• Fixed rounding behavior when inserting datetime values into SQL Server version 2016 and later #962
• Fixed SQLServerConnection.abort() API behavior to clear resources consistently #983
• Fixed SQLServerConnection documentation #984
• Fixed SQL Exception Error State length to respect SQLSTATE Standards #977

Changed

• Refactored SELECT_METHOD in SQLServerConnection to not fetch the same connection property twice #987
• Improved SQLServerParameterMetadata API implementations and code coverage #973

[7.2.1] Hotfix & Stable Release

Fixed Issues

• Fixed parsing issues with certain parameterized queries #950

[7.2.0] Stable Release

Added

• Added Azure Pipelines CI configuration to trigger Windows Client testing with SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2008 R2 #940

Fixed Issues

• Fixed issue with ThreadPoolExecutor thread preventing JVM from exiting #944
• Fixed issues reported by Static Analysis Tool - SonarQube #928 #930 #933
• Fixed Timestamp comparison with "Thai" locale in DataTypesTest #941

Changed

• Changed timeout request handling implementation to use SharedTimer #920
• Removed Appveyor CI and updated Travis CI configuration #940

[7.1.4] Preview Release

Added

• Added APIs for DataSourceFactory and OSGI Framework #700
• Added support for OffsetDateTime to be passed as 'type' in ResultSet.getObject() #830
• Added support for Active Directory MSI Authentication #838
• Added more datatype tests to JUnit test suite #878 #916
• Added an option to perform JUnit testing against Azure Data Warehouse #903
• Added new APIs to retrieve SQL Server error information received with SQLServerException #905

Fixed Issues

• Fixed issue with java.time.OffsetDateTime value sent to the server being affected by the default timezone #831
• Fixed SSL certificate validation to respect wildcards #836
• Fixed Bulk Copy for batch insert operation to not error out against specific datatypes #912

Changed

• Fixed synchronization on a non-final field #860
• Removed hardcoded error messages from test file #904
• Updated Issue and Pull Request templates #906
• Updated JUnit tests by closing all resources consistently and updated Maven dependency versions to latest #919

[7.1.3] Preview Release

Added

• Added a new SQLServerMetaData constructor for string values of length greater than 4000 #876

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue with Geography.point() having coordinates reversed #853
• Fixed intermittent test failures #854 #862 #888
• Fixed an issue with setAutoCommit() leaving a transaction open when running against Azure SQL Data Warehouse #881

Changed

• Changed query timeout logic to use a single thread #842
• Code cleanup #857 #873
• Removed populating Lobs when calling ResultSet.wasNull() #875
• Improved retry logic for intermittent TLS1.2 issue when establishing a connection #882