The release notes provide details of enhancements, features, known issues, and workflow changes in Simba Amazon Athena JDBC Connector 2.2.1.1002, as well as
the version history.
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2025-07-15
Resolved Issues
2.2.1.1002
Resolved Issues The following issue has been resolved in Simba Amazon Athena JDBC Connector 2.2.1.1002.
  • [AJ-623] When attempting to run the DROP TABLE <table> command, the connector returns an error.
Workflow Changes ============================================================= The following changes may disrupt established workflows for the connector.
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2.0.31
Workflow ChangesJDBC 4.1Libraries
Workflow Changes
  • Removed support for JDBC API
    Beginning with this release, the connector no longer supports JDBC API version 4.1 (Java 7). For a list of supported JDBC versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.
  • [AJ-461] Downgraded third-party libraries For JDBC 4.1 (Java 7), the connector now uses the following libraries:
    • Log4j-api 2.12.1 (previously 2.17.1)
    • Log4j-core 2.12.1 (previously 2.17.1)
    • Log4j-jcl 2.12.1 (previously 2.17.2)
    • jackson-annotations 2.12.1 (previously 2.13.2)
    • jackson-core 2.12.1 (previously 2.13.2)
    • jackson-databind 2.12.1 (previously 2.13.2.2)
    • jackson-dataformat-cbor 2.12.1 (previously 2.13.2)
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2.0.26
Workflow ChangesClass Path
Workflow Changes
  • Updated class path
    The com.amazonaws class path has been changed to com.simba.athena.amazonaws. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.
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2.0.25
Workflow ChangesClass Path
Workflow Changes
  • Updated class path
    The com.simba.athena.amazonaws class path has been changed to com.amazonaws. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.
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2.0.23
Workflow ChangesDefaults
Workflow Changes
  • [AJ-392] Updated Workgroup property
    The default value for the Workgroup property has been changed to primary. Previously, the default value was null. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.
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2.0.13
Workflow ChangesDefaults
Workflow Changes
  • [AJ-314] Updated MetadataRetrievalMethod property
    The default value for the MetadataRetrievalMethod property has been changed to Auto. Previously, the default value was ProxyAPI. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.
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2.0.2
Workflow ChangesJDBC 4.0
Workflow Changes
  • Removed support for JDBC 4.0
    Beginning with this release, the driver no longer supports JDBC 4 (Java 6). For a list of supported JDBC versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide. For more information about this workflow change, see the “Jackson library updated” release note in the “Enhancements & New Features” section of this 2.0.2 release.
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2.0.0
Workflow ChangesSDK Interfaces
Workflow Changes
  • SDK interfaces
    The following AWS SDK interfaces are no longer shaded in the driver jar, they are included with the original AWS SDK package names. Any custom credential providers that use the old shaded package names for these interfaces must be updated.
    • com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials
    • com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentialsProvider
    • com.amazonaws.auth.AWSSessionCredentials
    • com.amazonaws.auth.AWSSessionCredentialsProvider
Version History ==============================================================
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2025-03-11
EnhancementsLibrariesLogback
2.2.1
Enhancements and New Features
  • [AJ-605] Updated logback libraries
    The connector now uses the following logback libraries:
    • logback-core 1.3.15 (previously 1.3.14)
    • logback-classic 1.3.15 (previously 1.3.14)
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2025-01-10
EnhancementsSEN SDK
2.2.0
Enhancements and New Features
  • [AJ-551] Upgraded SEN SDK support
    The connector now uses SEN SDK version 10.3. Previously, the connector used SEN SDK version 10.2.
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2024-03-29
EnhancementsAWS SDKJackson
2.1.5
Enhancements and New Features
  • [AJ-575] Updated AWS Java SDK libraries
    The connector now uses the following libraries:
    • aws-java-sdk-athena-1.12.687 (previously 1.12.525)
    • aws-java-sdk-core-1.12.687 (previously 1.12.525)
    • aws-java-sdk-glue-1.12.687 (previously 1.12.525)
    • aws-java-sdk-sts-1.12.687 (previously 1.12.525)
  • [AJ-572] Updated Jackson libraries
    The connector now uses the following libraries for the Jackson JSON parser:
    • jackson-annotations 2.16.0 (previously 2.15.2)
    • jackson-core 2.16.0 (previously 2.15.2)
    • jackson-databind 2.16.0 (previously 2.15.2)
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2024-02-13
EnhancementsLibrariesLogback
2.1.4
Enhancements and New Features
  • [AJ-552] Updated logback libraries
    The connector now uses the following logback libraries:
    • logback-core 1.3.14 (previously 1.3.11)
    • logback-classic 1.3.14 (previously 1.3.11)
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2023-12-08
Resolved Issues
2.1.3
Resolved Issues
The following issue has been resolved in Simba Amazon Athena JDBC Connector 2.1.3.
  • [AJ-521] When inserting records to Iceberg Tables, the executeBatch() API does not work.
  • [AJ-525] When using the Spark JDBC writer API with SaveModeAppend option, the connector does not write all the records.
  • [AJ-518] In the connection string, when UseAwsLogger=1 and Spring Boot 2.7.0 and Gradle is used, the connector returns an error.
  • [AJ-524] When using Apache Spark, the connector is missing some of the AWS logging.
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2023-08-25
EnhancementsAWS SDK
2.1.2
Enhancements & New Features
  • [AJ-530] Updated AWS Java SDK libraries

    The connector now uses the following libraries:
    • aws-java-sdk-athena-1.12.525 (previously 1.12.339)
    • aws-java-sdk-core-1.12.525 (previously 1.12.339)
    • aws-java-sdk-glue-1.12.525 (previously 1.12.339)
    • aws-java-sdk-lambda-1.12.525 (previously 1.12.339)
    • aws-java-sdk-sts-1.12.525 (previously 1.12.339)
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2023-07-31
Resolved Issues
2.1.1
Resolved Issues
The following issues have been resolved in Simba Amazon Athena JDBC Connector 2.1.1.
  • [AJ-519] While creating a table with a query containing a regular
    expression, the connector returns an error.
  • [AJ-532] The connector applied ApplicationName property incorrectly.
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2023-07-11
EnhancementsJacksonResolved Issues
2.1.0
Enhancements & New Features
  • [AJ-523] Updated Jackson libraries
    The connector now uses the following libraries for the Jackson JSON parser:
    • jackson-annotations 2.15.2 (previously 2.14.0)
    • jackson-core 2.15.2 (previously 2.14.0)
    • jackson-databind 2.15.2 (previously 2.14.0)
  • Internal connector improvements
     The connector release version has been changed due to minor internal improvements.
Resolved Issues
The following issue has been resolved in Simba Amazon Athena JDBC Connector 2.1.0.
  • [AJ-508] When using Sql2o adding parameter arrays fails.