[8.3.1] Preview Release

Added

• Added delayed durability option to SQLServerConnection.commit() #1310
• Introduced SQLServerBulkCSVFileRecord.setEscapeColumnDelimitersCSV() to escape delimiters and double quotes when using bulk copy to load from CSV files #1312
• Added certificate expiry validation when using Always Encrypted with secure enclaves feature #1321
• Added SQL State to Exception when connection is closed #1326
• Introduced extended bulk copy support against Azure Data Warehouse #1331
• Introduced 'delayLoadingLobs' connection property to provide backward compatibility when streaming LOBs #1336

Fixed issues

• Fixed an issue with MSI authentication failing due to expiry date format mismatch #1308
• Fixed an issue with streams not getting closed when using Always Encrypted with secure enclaves feature #1315
• Fixed an issue with retrieving SQL VARIANT as its underlying type #1320
• Fixed issues with the driver not being JAVA 8 compliant #1328
• Fixed an issue with PreparedStatement when inserting large spatial data types #1337

Changed

• Updated driver and test dependencies #1294, #1313
• Improved exception message when connecting to redirection-enabled Azure server #1311
• Improved performance when parsing connection string #1317
• Updated the driver to throw a warning when TLS version lower than 1.2 is negotiated #1322
• Removed unused code #1330

[8.3.0] Preview Release

Added

• Added connection properties to specify custom SocketFactory #1217
• Added support for Client Certificate Authentication #1284
• Added support for JAVA 14 #1290
• Added support for authentication to Azure Key Vault using Managed Identity #1286

Fixed issues

• Fixed an issue with escaping curly brackets in connection string #1251
• Fixed a warning when retrieving Operating System information from SQL Server Linux when using distributed transactions #1279

Changed

• Updated Gradle dependencies #1244
• Updated SQLServerPreparedStatement.setObject() to retrieve TVP name from SQLServerDataTable #1282

[8.2.2] HotFix & Stable Release

Added

• Added an option to configure the list of trusted Azure Key Vault endpoints #1285

[8.2.1] HotFix & Stable Release

Fixed issues

• Fixed a potential NullPointerException issue when retrieving data as java.time.LocalTime or java.time.LocalDate type with SQLServerResultSet.getObject() #1250

[8.2.0] Stable Release

Added

• Added new tests for Always Encrypted with secure enclaves feature #1166
• Added backwards compatibility for calling SQLServerClob.length() on nvarchar columns #1214

Fixed issues

• Fixed an issue with potentially creating more enclave sessions than needed #1208
• Fixed an issue with InputStream closing when calling SQLServerBlob.length() on an image column #1214
• Fixed a potential performance issue created from trailing spaces in PreparedStatement queries #1215
• Fixed an issue with native Always Encrypted calls not being synchronized #1220
• Fixed issues identified by SonarQube #1226, Semmle #1234, and CredScanner #1237

Changed

• Updated com.microsoft.rest:client-runtime to its latest version #1235
• Removed shaded jars #1239

[8.1.1] Preview Release

Added

• Added more tests to improve code coverage for Always Encrypted with secure enclaves feature #1186
• Added certificate and enclave session caching for Always Encrypted with secure enclaves feature #1189

Fixed issues

• Fixed a potential NullPointerException in SQLServerDataColumn.equals() #1168
• Fixed an issue with BulkCopy when source is unicode char/varchar and destination is nchar/nvarchar #1193
• Fixed an issue with SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.getColumns() only returning the first column against Azure SQL Data Warehouse #1197
• Fixed an issue with SQLServerDatabaseMetaData.getImportedKeys() failing against Azure SQL Data Warehouse #1205

Changed

• Made internal model public for SQLServerSpatialDatatype class #1169
• Updated ISQLServerBulkData APIs to throw SQLException instead of SQLServerException #1187
• Changed SQLServerConnection.state to volatile #1194
• Optimized temporal datatype getter methods by replacing Calendar with LocalDatetime #1200
• Updated driver and test dependencies #1203

[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