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# Simba Amazon Athena JDBC Data Connector Release Notes

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.

<Update label="2025-07-15" description="2.2.1.1002" tags={["Resolved Issues"]}>
  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.
</Update>

Workflow Changes =============================================================

The following changes may disrupt established workflows for the connector.

<Update label="2.0.31" description="Workflow Changes" tags={["Workflow Changes", "JDBC 4.1", "Libraries"]}>
  * Removed support for JDBC API  <br />

    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)
</Update>

<Update label="2.0.26" description="Workflow Changes" tags={["Workflow Changes", "Class Path"]}>
  * Updated class path <br />

    The com.amazonaws class path has been changed to
    com.simba.athena.amazonaws. For more information, see the Installation and
    Configuration Guide.
</Update>

<Update label="2.0.25" description="Workflow Changes" tags={["Workflow Changes", "Class Path"]}>
  * Updated class path <br />

    The com.simba.athena.amazonaws class path has been changed to
    com.amazonaws. For more information, see the Installation and Configuration
    Guide.
</Update>

<Update label="2.0.23" description="Workflow Changes" tags={["Workflow Changes", "Defaults"]}>
  * \[AJ-392] Updated Workgroup property <br />

    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.
</Update>

<Update label="2.0.13" description="Workflow Changes" tags={["Workflow Changes", "Defaults"]}>
  * \[AJ-314] Updated MetadataRetrievalMethod property <br />

    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.
</Update>

<Update label="2.0.2" description="Workflow Changes" tags={["Workflow Changes", "JDBC 4.0"]}>
  * Removed support for JDBC 4.0 <br />

    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.
</Update>

<Update label="2.0.0" description="Workflow Changes" tags={["Workflow Changes", "SDK Interfaces"]}>
  * SDK interfaces <br />

    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
</Update>

Version History ==============================================================

<Update label="2025-03-11" description="2.2.1" tags={["Enhancements", "Libraries", "Logback"]}>
  Enhancements and New Features

  * \[AJ-605] Updated logback libraries <br />

    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)
</Update>

<Update label="2025-01-10" description="2.2.0" tags={["Enhancements", "SEN SDK"]}>
  Enhancements and New Features

  * \[AJ-551] Upgraded SEN SDK support <br />

    The connector now uses SEN SDK version 10.3. Previously, the connector used
    SEN SDK version 10.2.
</Update>

<Update label="2024-03-29" description="2.1.5" tags={["Enhancements", "AWS SDK", "Jackson"]}>
  Enhancements and New Features

  * \[AJ-575] Updated AWS Java SDK libraries <br />

    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 <br />

    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)
</Update>

<Update label="2024-02-13" description="2.1.4" tags={["Enhancements", "Libraries", "Logback"]}>
  Enhancements and New Features

  * \[AJ-552] Updated logback libraries <br />

    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)
</Update>

<Update label="2023-12-08" description="2.1.3" tags={["Resolved Issues"]}>
  Resolved Issues <br />
  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.
</Update>

<Update label="2023-08-25" description="2.1.2" tags={["Enhancements", "AWS SDK"]}>
  Enhancements & New Features

  * \[AJ-530] Updated AWS Java SDK libraries <br /><br />

    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)
</Update>

<Update label="2023-07-31" description="2.1.1" tags={["Resolved Issues"]}>
  Resolved Issues<br />
  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.
</Update>

<Update label="2023-07-11" description="2.1.0" tags={["Enhancements", "Jackson", "Resolved Issues"]}>
  Enhancements & New Features<br />

  * \[AJ-523] Updated Jackson libraries <br />

    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<br />

    The connector release version has been changed due to minor internal
    improvements.

  Resolved Issues<br />
  The following issue has been resolved in Simba Amazon Athena JDBC Connector
  2.1.0.

  * \[AJ-508] When using Sql2o adding parameter arrays fails.
</Update>