2.9.1 $$$$$$Released 2024-11-15$$$$$$Enhancements & New Features $$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1383] Updated Thrift Version for HTTP User-Agent Header$$$$$$ The HTTP User-Agent used by the driver has been updated from thrift/0.9.0 $$$ to thrift/0.17.0.$$$$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1005] Driver-Side Timeouts for Idle Statements$$$ $$$ Added support for configuring the fetch result idle timeout. For more $$$ information; see the Installation and Configuration Guide.$$$$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1266] Upgrade Arrow$$$$$$ Apache Arrow has been upgraded to version 15.0.0 across all non-Windows $$$ platforms.$$$$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1351][SPARKO-1387] Updated third-party libraries$$$$$$ The connector now uses the following third-party libraries:$$$ - OpenSSL 3.0.15 (previously 3.0.13)$$$ - libcURL 8.10.1 (previously 8.7.1)$$$ - ICU 74.2 (previously 71.1)$$$ - Arrow 15.0.0 (previously 9.0.0) for OSX & Linux (Windows was on 15.0.0)$$$ - lz4 1.10.0. (previously 1.9.4)$$$ - Expat 2.6.3 (previously 2.6.2)$$$ - Kerberos 1.21.3 (previously 1.21.2)$$$$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1360] Support for Token Passthrough OAuth$$$$$$ The driver now supports token renewal for the Token Passthrough OAuth flow.$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1369] Use hive_metastore as default for Empty Initial Catalog$$$$$$ If the server sends an empty string as the initial catalog; the driver will $$$ default to using the hive_metastore catalog.$$$$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1371] Support for DBR$$$$$$ The driver now supports DBR 15.4 LTS. $$$$$$$$$* [SPARKO-1378] Buffer length based on the DMs encoding.$$$$$$ The driver now returns the buffer length based on the DMs encoding.$$$$$$ $$$Resolved Issues$$$The following issues has been resolved in Simba Apache Spark ODBC Connector $$$2.9.1.$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1149] When the driver encounters an error while sending heartbeat; $$$ it now re-attempts the heartbeat once before closing the heartbeat thread.$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1376] HttpPath property missing issue when setting up DSN through $$$ Add-OdbcDsn in PowerShell has been fixed.$$$$$$

2.8.2 ========================================================================$$$$$$Released 2024-05-31$$$ $$$Enhancements & New Features$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1204][SPARKO-1243][SPARKO-1279] Updated authentication support$$$$$$ The connector now supports Browser Based (U2M) and Client Credentials (M2)$$$ authentication on GCP cloud. $$$ $$$ On AWS; Azure; and GCP these are the new default values:$$$ - Authorization endpoint: hostname + /oidc/oauth2/v2.0/authorize$$$ - Token endpoint: hostname+/oidc/oauth2/v2.0/token$$$ - Client ID (U2M): databricks-sql-odbc$$$ - Scope (U2M): sql offline_access$$$ - Scope (M2M): sql$$$$$$ On Azure; if the application specifies a client ID that is different from $$$ the default value; the default scope is:$$$ - For U2M: 2ff814a6-3304-4ab8-85cb-cd0e6f879c1d/user_impersonation; offline_access$$$ - For M2M: 2ff814a6-3304-4ab8-85cb-cd0e6f879c1d/.default$$$$$$ You can now configure the OAuth redirect port. To do this; set the $$$ OAuth2RedirectUrlPort property to your port. For more information; see the $$$ Installation and Configuration Guide.$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1302] Updated support for Linux distributions$$$ $$$ The connector now supports the following operating systems:$$$ - Debian 11$$$ - Ubuntu 24.04 $$$$$$ For a list of supported Linux versions; see the Installation and $$$ Configuration Guide.$$$$$$$$$Known Issues $$$The following are known issues that you may encounter due to limitations in $$$the data source; the connector; or an application.$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-1101] When the Auth_AccessToken line length is longer than the $$$ maximum limit of 1000; the connector returns an authentication error. For$$$ more information; see the Installation and Configuration Guide.$$$$$$ * [SPARKO-879] When connecting to a server that supports multiple catalogs; $$$ the connector no longer reports the catalog for schemas and tables as$$$ SPARK.$$$ $$$ The Spark server now reports the catalog. $$$$$$ * [SPARKO-670] In some cases; when retrieving timestamp data; the connector $$$ returns an error.$$$ $$$ In some cases; when connecting to certain distributions of $$$ Apache Spark; the connector returns the following error: Conversion from$$$ number to string failed due to undersized character buffer. This issue $$$ affects versions 2.6.12 to 2.6.14 of the Spark ODBC connector. $$$ $$$ As a workaround; set EnableArrow=0 in the connection string or DSN. $$$$$$ * [SPARKO-620] Issue with date and timestamp before the beginning of the $$$ Gregorian calendar when connecting to Spark 2.4.4 or later; or versions $$$ previous to 3.0; with Arrow result set serialization.$$$ $$$ When using Spark 2.4.4 or later; or versions previous to Spark 3.0; DATE $$$ and TIMESTAMP data before October 15; 1582 may be returned incorrectly if $$$ the server supports serializing query results using Apache Arrow. This $$$ issue should not impact most distributions of Apache Spark.$$$$$$ To confirm if your distribution of Spark 2.4.4 or later has been impacted $$$ by this issue; you can execute the following query:$$$$$$ SELECT DATE 1581-10-14$$$$$$ If the result returned by the connector is 1581-10-24; then you are impacted $$$ by the issue. In this case; if your data set contains date and/or timestamp$$$ data earlier than October 15; 1582; you can work around this issue by $$$ adding EnableArrow=0 in your DSN or connection string to disable the Arrow$$$ result set serialization feature. $$$$$$ * When retrieving data from a BINARY column; a ClassCastException error $$$ occurs.$$$$$$ In Spark 1.6.3 or earlier; the server sometimes returns a $$$ ClassCastException error when attempting to retrieve data from a BINARY $$$ column.$$$$$$ This issue is fixed as of Spark 2.0.0.$$$$$$ For more information; see the JIRA issue posted by Apache named When$$$ column type is binary; select occurs ClassCastException in Beeline at$$$ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-12143.$$$