An asterisk (*) indicates support that was added in a hotfix or software patch subsequent to a release.

Refer to the following resources for additional information:

• Product Compatibility Guide: Provides the latest data source and platform support information. 
• Fixes: Describes the issues resolved since general availability.  

Version 6.0.0 

ENHANCEMENTS

• The installer program has been enhanced to support Azul Zulu JRE 11. As a result of this change, the installer has ended support for some of the old operating systems. The installer supports the following operating systems after the enhancement:*
  • UNIX/Linux:
    • Any operating system on a machine using a JRE that is Java SE 8 or higher (LTS version), including Oracle JDK, OpenJDK, and IBM SDK (Java) distributions.
  • Windows:
    • Windows 8.1 or higher
    • Windows Server 2012 RC2 or higher
  Important: These changes do not affect the operating system requirements of the driver.
  
• The driver has been enhanced to use proxy server settings defined in the JVM system properties by default. If no proxy settings are defined in the connection string or data source, the driver will attempt to use the values of the http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort JVM system properties to connect to the database.*
• The driver has been enhanced to support the Bearer token authentication. Refer to Bearer token authentication for details.*

CHANGED BEHAVIOR

• The default value of the AuthenticationMethod connection property has been changed to BearerToken.*
  

FEATURES

• Supports SQL read-only access to GitHub. Refer to Supported SQL statements and extensions for details.
  
• Supports JDBC core functions. Refer to JDBC support in the Progress DataDirect for JDBC Drivers Reference.
  
• Supports GitHub data types through data type inference. Refer to Data types and getTypeInfo() for details.
  
• Supports Basic and OAuth 2.0 authentication. Refer to OAuth 2.0 authentication.
  
• Supports the handling of large result sets with paging and the FetchSize connection property. Refer to FetchSize for details. 
  
• Includes the Progress DataDirect GitHub Configuration Manager for quick configuration and testing of your driver in a web browser. The tool allows you to: 
  • Generate and edit connection URLs
  • Test connect your connection URLs
  • Execute SQL commands for testing
  • Fetch OAuth tokens 

  Refer to Generating connection URLs with the Configuration Manager and Testing connections and queries.