An asterisk (*) indicates support that was added in a hotfix or software patch subsequent to a release.
For a list a list of issues resolved since general availability, refer to the fixes.
Version 8.0.0
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 platforms that do not support Java SE 8 or higher. The installer supports the following operating systems after
the enhancement:
Windows 8.1 or higher
Windows Server 2012 RC2 or higher
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.
Important: These changes do not affect the operating system requirements of the driver.*
The driver has been enhanced to support the Bearer token authentication method.*
CHANGED BEHAVIOR
The default value of the Authentication Method connection option has been changed to 34 (BearerToken).*
For Windows platforms, the default value of the SQL Engine Mode (SQLEngineMode) connection option has been changed to 1 (Server).*
FEATURES
The driver supports SQL read-only access to GitHub.
The driver supports all ODBC Core and Level 1 functions and some Level 1 and Level 2 features.
The driver supports GitHub data types through data type inference.
The driver supports Basic authentication.
The driver supports the handling of large result sets with paging, and the Fetch Size (FetchSize) and Web Services Fetch Size (WSFetchSize) connection options.
On Windows platforms, the driver includes the DataDirect ODBC Driver Configuration Manager for quick configuration and testing of your driver. This Configuration Manager allows you to:
Configure data sources
Generate and edit connection URLs
Test connect data sources and connection URLs
Execute SQL commands for testing
Access connection option descriptions and the full product documentation